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Poplar Creek Forest Preserve

Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail

3.1 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 3 min

Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail is a 3.1-mile out-and-back in Poplar Creek Forest Preserve near Streamwood, IL. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi768 – 833 ft3.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Poplar Creek Green Unpaved Trail 42.04309, -88.18879
Nearest town Streamwood, IL
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Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail

3.1 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 3 min

Elevation 768–832 ft

Out & Back · Poplar Creek Forest Preserve

Trailhead: Poplar Creek Green Unpaved Trail · 42.04309, -88.18879

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

Bikes allowed on the whole route

  1. Start on Poplar Creek Green Unpaved Trail, heading NW.
  2. 250 ftContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail, heading NW.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftTurn left onto Poplar Creek Tan Unpaved Trail, heading W.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left onto Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail, heading W.
  6. 1.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  7. 1.1 miTurn right onto Poplar Creek Tan Unpaved Trail, heading N.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  9. 50 ftTurn right onto Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail, heading NE.
  10. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Green Unpaved Trail, heading E.
  11. 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-5-km-5802

Trail surface

74% dirt25% grass1% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 6:54 PM

Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route

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