Red Oak Backpack Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 322 ft · 1 hr 40 min
Red Oak Backpack Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Siloam Springs State Park near Siloam, IL. It climbs 322 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Red Oak Backpack Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 322 ft · 1 hr 40 min
Elevation 547–759 ft
Out & Back · Siloam Springs State Park
Trailhead: Red Oak Backpack Trail · 39.88404, -90.92114
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:50 AM · sunset 7:06 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Red Oak Backpack Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 1.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.6 miReach Red Oak Backpack Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 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 1.1 mi in (~31 min). Leave by 6:15 PM for the 7:06 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:48 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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