Prairie Wolf Slough
2.8 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 57 min
Prairie Wolf Slough is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in Prairie Wolf Forest Preserve near Bannockburn, IL. The route reaches Prairie Wolf Slough. It is mostly level, with 26 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Prairie Wolf Slough
2.8 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 57 min
Elevation 653–695 ft
Out & Back · Prairie Wolf Forest Preserve
Trailhead: 42.20003, -87.87725
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miPass Prairie Wolf Slough.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 250 ftReach Prairie Wolf Slough, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~18 min). Leave by 6:15 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:26 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Potawatomi Woods–Indian Creek, 3 groves 12.6 mi · ▲ 55 ft
- Birch?–Prairie Wolf Slough, 4 sights 5.2 mi · ▲ 26 ft
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