Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Poplar Creek Forest Preserve near Streamwood, IL. It is mostly level, with 82 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi768 – 833 ft4.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.05095, -88.19674
Nearest town Streamwood, IL
Directions
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Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail
3.9 mi · ▲ 82 ft · 1 hr 20 min
Elevation 768–832 ft
Out & Back · Poplar Creek Forest Preserve
Trailhead: 42.05095, -88.19674
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 6:54 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Poplar Creek Green Unpaved Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Poplar Creek Brown Unpaved Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Poplar Creek Black Unpaved Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail, heading S.
- 1.1 miReach Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto Poplar Creek Black Unpaved Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Poplar Creek Brown Unpaved Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Poplar Creek Green Unpaved Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
81% dirt3% gravel16% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 6:54 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 55 ft
- Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 55 ft
- Poplar Creek Brown Unpaved Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Poplar Creek Brown Unpaved Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Poplar Creek Blue Unpaved Trail via Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Poplar Creek Blue Unpaved Trail & Poplar Creek Brown Unpaved Trail Loop 6.2 mi · ▲ 107 ft
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