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Poplar Creek Forest Preserve

Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail

6.2 mi · ▲ 134 ft · 2 hr 8 min

Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail is a 6.2-mile out-and-back in Poplar Creek Forest Preserve near Sherwood Oaks, IL. It is mostly level, with 134 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi771 – 833 ft6.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.02258, -88.20866
Nearest town Sherwood Oaks, IL
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Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail

6.2 mi · ▲ 134 ft · 2 hr 8 min

Elevation 770–834 ft

Out & Back · Poplar Creek Forest Preserve

Trailhead: 42.02258, -88.20866

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 6:41 AM · sunset 6:52 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  3. 500 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  6. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  7. 450 ftBear left, heading NE.
  8. 250 ftBear left, heading N.
  9. 0.1 miBear right onto Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail, heading NE.
  10. 1.5 miTurn right onto Poplar Creek Tan Unpaved Trail, heading N.
  11. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Red Trail, heading NE.
  12. 50 ftBear left onto Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail, heading NE.
  13. 0.1 miTurn right onto Poplar Creek Brown Unpaved Trail, heading N.
  14. 150 ftContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail, heading NW.
  15. 50 ftContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Brown Unpaved Trail, heading NW.
  16. 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  17. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail, heading S.
  18. 50 ftContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Brown Unpaved Trail, heading S.
  19. 200 ftTurn left onto Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail, heading S.
  20. 0.1 miBear right onto Red Trail, heading SW.
  21. 50 ftContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Tan Unpaved Trail, heading SW.
  22. 0.2 miTurn left onto Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail, heading S.
  23. 1.5 miBear left, heading W.
  24. 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
  25. 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
  26. 450 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  27. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  28. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  29. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  30. 500 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  31. 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/poplar-creek-yellow-unpaved-trail-out-back-10-km-ab8d

Trail surface

50% dirt28% paved15% grass7% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:41 AMSunset 6:52 PM

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