Poplar Creek Forest Preserve

Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail

2.7 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 56 min

Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail is a 2.7-mile out-and-back in Poplar Creek Forest Preserve near Sherwood Oaks, IL. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi771 – 833 ft2.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.02258, -88.20866
Nearest town Sherwood Oaks, IL

Directions

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Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail

2.7 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 56 min

Elevation 772–834 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. 0.5 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  11. 0.5 miBear left, heading SW.
  12. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  13. 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
  14. 450 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  15. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  16. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  17. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  18. 500 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  19. 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 surface

63% paved20% grass15% gravel2% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:41 AMSunset 6:52 PM

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