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Poplar Creek Forest Preserve

Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail

7.2 mi · ▲ 56 ft · 2 hr 26 min

Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail is a 7.2-mile out-and-back in Poplar Creek Forest Preserve near Streamwood, IL. It is mostly level, with 56 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi771 – 833 ft7.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.02462, -88.19706
Nearest town Streamwood, IL
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Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail

7.2 mi · ▲ 56 ft · 2 hr 26 min

Elevation 770–834 ft

Out & Back · Poplar Creek Forest Preserve

Trailhead: 42.02462, -88.19706

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 500 ftTurn right, heading W.
  3. 0.4 miSharp right, heading NW.
  4. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  5. 100 ftBear right, heading NW.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  8. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  9. 450 ftBear left, heading NE.
  10. 250 ftBear left, heading N.
  11. 0.1 miBear right onto Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail, heading NE.
  12. 1.5 miTurn right onto Poplar Creek Tan Unpaved Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Red Trail, heading NE.
  14. 50 ftBear left onto Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail, heading N.
  15. 0.1 miTurn right onto Poplar Creek Brown Unpaved Trail, heading N.
  16. 150 ftContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail, heading NW.
  17. 50 ftContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Brown Unpaved Trail, heading NW.
  18. 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  19. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail, heading S.
  20. 50 ftContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Brown Unpaved Trail, heading S.
  21. 150 ftTurn left onto Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail, heading S.
  22. 0.1 miBear right onto Red Trail, heading SW.
  23. 50 ftContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Tan Unpaved Trail, heading SW.
  24. 0.2 miTurn left onto Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail, heading S.
  25. 1.5 miBear left, heading W.
  26. 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
  27. 250 ftBear right, heading S.
  28. 450 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  29. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  30. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  31. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  32. 100 ftBear left, heading E.
  33. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SE.
  34. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  35. 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/poplar-creek-yellow-unpaved-trail-out-back-12-km-54da

Trail surface

43% dirt38% paved13% grass6% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 6:54 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:34 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:54 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:22 PM.

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