Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail
8.2 mi · ▲ 111 ft · 2 hr 47 min
Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail is an 8.2-mile out-and-back in Poplar Creek Forest Preserve near Streamwood, IL. It is mostly level, with 111 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail
8.2 mi · ▲ 111 ft · 2 hr 47 min
Elevation 770–855 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
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 100 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 450 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail, heading NE.
- 1.5 miTurn right onto Poplar Creek Tan Unpaved Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Red Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Poplar Creek Brown Unpaved Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Brown Unpaved Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Poplar Creek Brown Unpaved Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Brown Unpaved Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Red Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Tan Unpaved Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail, heading S.
- 1.5 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 250 ftBear right, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.1 mi in (~103 min). Leave by 4:50 PM for the 6:54 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:50 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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