Quail Unit Viewpoint via Yellow Trail
5 mi · ▲ 286 ft · 1 hr 49 min
Quail Unit Viewpoint via Yellow Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back in Quail Unit near Palmerton, IL. The route passes Quail Unit Viewpoint before reaching Quail Unit Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 286 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 88/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Quail Unit Viewpoint via Yellow Trail
5 mi · ▲ 286 ft · 1 hr 49 min
Elevation 497–609 ft
Out & Back · Quail Unit
Trailhead: 40.01915, -90.11378
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:03 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Quail Unit Viewpoint.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Yellow Trail, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Shortcut Trail, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading W.
- 2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miReach Quail Unit Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.3 miTurn left onto Shortcut Trail, heading NE.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 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 1.5 mi in (~40 min). Leave by 6:02 PM for the 7:03 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:58 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
More from this trailhead
- Quail Unit Viewpoint–Herrmann Pond, 4 sights 3.4 mi · ▲ 295 ft
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