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Prairie Crossing Bike Path via Millennium Trail

2 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 42 min

Prairie Crossing Bike Path via Millennium Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back near Ivanhoe, IL. It is mostly level, with 53 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi764 – 827 ft2.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Millennium Trail 42.26973, -88.03260
Nearest town Ivanhoe, IL
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Prairie Crossing Bike Path via Millennium Trail

2 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 42 min

Elevation 765–828 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Millennium Trail · 42.26973, -88.03260

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:53 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Millennium Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.7 miTurn left onto Prairie Crossing Bike Path, heading N.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  4. 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
  5. 350 ftReach Prairie Crossing Bike Path, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
  7. 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
  8. 0.3 miTurn right onto Millennium Trail, heading S.
  9. 0.6 miArrive 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/prairie-crossing-bike-path-out-back-3-km-1e0c

Weather

Sunrise 6:39 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:33 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:53 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:21 PM.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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