Poplar Creek Forest Preserve

Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail

6.1 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 2 hr 4 min

Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail is a 6.1-mile out-and-back in Poplar Creek Forest Preserve near Sherwood Oaks, IL. It is mostly level, with 80 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi768 – 833 ft6.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.02417, -88.20508
Nearest town Sherwood Oaks, IL

Directions

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Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail

6.1 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 2 hr 4 min

Elevation 768–834 ft

Out & Back · Poplar Creek Forest Preserve

Trailhead: 42.02417, -88.20508

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:55 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  4. 450 ftBear left, heading N.
  5. 250 ftBear left, heading N.
  6. 0.1 miBear right onto Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail, heading NE.
  7. 1.5 miTurn right onto Poplar Creek Tan Unpaved Trail, heading N.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  9. 50 ftTurn right onto Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail, heading NE.
  10. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Green Unpaved Trail, heading E.
  11. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail, heading E.
  12. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  13. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Green Unpaved Trail, heading E.
  14. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail, heading W.
  15. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  16. 50 ftTurn left onto Poplar Creek Tan Unpaved Trail, heading W.
  17. 0.2 miTurn left onto Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail, heading SW.
  18. 1.5 miBear left, heading W.
  19. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  20. 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
  21. 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
  22. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  23. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

46% dirt26% paved22% grass6% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:39 AMSunset 6:55 PM

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