Red Oak Backpack Trail
3.2 mi · ▲ 170 ft · 1 hr 9 min
Red Oak Backpack Trail is a 3.2-mile out-and-back in Siloam Springs State Park near Siloam, IL. It is mostly level, with 170 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 82/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Red Oak Backpack Trail
3.2 mi · ▲ 170 ft · 1 hr 9 min
Elevation 547–749 ft
Out & Back · Siloam Springs State Park
Trailhead: Red Oak Backpack Trail · 39.87997, -90.91032
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:50 AM · sunset 7:06 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Red Oak Backpack Trail, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.6 miReach Red Oak Backpack Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 1.2 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:46 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:06 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:33 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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