1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
2. 0.3 miTurn right onto Des Plaines River Trail, heading SE.
3. 2.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
4. 200 ftTurn left, heading NW.
5. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
6. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
7. 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
8. 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
9. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
10. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
11. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
12. 0.1 miSharp right, heading W.
13. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
14. 500 ftTurn right, heading SE.
15. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
16. 250 ftBear left, heading W.
17. 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
18. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
19. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
20. 0.6 miTurn left onto Yellow Trail, heading SE.
21. 0.3 miTurn right onto Blue Trail, heading S.
22. 0.1 miTurn left onto Red Trail, heading SE.
23. 0.3 miReach Yellow Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
24. 0.3 miTurn right onto Blue Trail, heading E.
25. 0.1 miTurn left onto Yellow Trail, heading E.
26. 0.3 miTurn right onto Des Plaines River Trail, heading W.
27. 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
28. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
29. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
30. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
31. 350 ftBear right, heading NW.
32. 200 ftTurn right, heading NW.
33. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
34. 500 ftTurn right, heading N.
35. 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
36. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
37. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
38. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
39. 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
40. 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
41. 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
42. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
43. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
44. 2.4 miTurn left, heading N.
45. 50 ftArrive 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/red-trail-yellow-trail-out-back-11-km-30fc