Poplar Creek Forest Preserve

Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail

7.4 mi · ▲ 107 ft · 2 hr 31 min

Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail is a 7.4-mile out-and-back in Poplar Creek Forest Preserve near Streamwood, IL. It is mostly level, with 107 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi768 – 833 ft7.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.02151, -88.19775
Nearest town Streamwood, IL

Directions

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Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail

7.4 mi · ▲ 107 ft · 2 hr 31 min

Elevation 768–834 ft

Out & Back · Poplar Creek Forest Preserve

Trailhead: 42.02151, -88.19775

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 300 ftTurn left, heading N.
  3. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  5. 0.4 miSharp right, heading NW.
  6. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  7. 100 ftBear right, heading N.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  10. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  11. 450 ftBear left, heading NE.
  12. 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
  13. 0.1 miBear right onto Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail, heading N.
  14. 1.5 miTurn right onto Poplar Creek Tan Unpaved Trail, heading N.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  16. 50 ftTurn right onto Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail, heading NE.
  17. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Green Unpaved Trail, heading E.
  18. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail, heading E.
  19. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  20. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Green Unpaved Trail, heading E.
  21. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail, heading W.
  22. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  23. 50 ftTurn left onto Poplar Creek Tan Unpaved Trail, heading W.
  24. 0.2 miTurn left onto Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail, heading SW.
  25. 1.5 miBear left, heading W.
  26. 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
  27. 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
  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 NE.
  33. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
  34. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  35. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  36. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  37. 50 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

38% paved37% dirt18% grass5% gravel2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 6:54 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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