Poplar Creek Forest Preserve

Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail

6.8 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 2 hr 18 min

Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail is a 6.8-mile out-and-back in Poplar Creek Forest Preserve near Streamwood, IL. It is mostly level, with 55 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi771 – 833 ft7.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.01956, -88.19571
Nearest town Streamwood, IL

Directions

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Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail

6.8 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 2 hr 18 min

Elevation 772–834 ft

Out & Back · Poplar Creek Forest Preserve

Trailhead: 42.01956, -88.19571

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 6:54 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  5. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  6. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  7. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  8. 0.4 miSharp right, heading NW.
  9. 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
  10. 100 ftBear right, heading N.
  11. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  12. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  13. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  14. 450 ftBear left, heading NE.
  15. 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
  16. 0.1 miBear right onto Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail, heading N.
  17. 1.5 miTurn right onto Poplar Creek Tan Unpaved Trail, heading N.
  18. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  19. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  20. 0.2 miTurn left onto Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail, heading W.
  21. 1.5 miBear left, heading W.
  22. 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  23. 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
  24. 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
  25. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  26. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  27. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  28. 100 ftBear left, heading E.
  29. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
  30. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  31. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  32. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  33. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  34. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  35. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  36. 500 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

49% paved31% dirt13% grass6% gravel1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 6:54 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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