Boomerang Slough & Hidden Pond Slough via Brown Unpaved Trail
2.1 mi · ▲ 57 ft · 44 min
Boomerang Slough & Hidden Pond Slough via Brown Unpaved Trail is a 2.1-mile out-and-back in Spears Woods near Willow Springs, IL. The route passes Hidden Pond Slough and Hidden Pond Slough before reaching Boomerang Slough at the turnaround, 0.9 miles in. It is mostly level, with 57 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Boomerang Slough & Hidden Pond Slough via Brown Unpaved Trail
2.1 mi · ▲ 57 ft · 44 min
Elevation 699–743 ft
Out & Back · Spears Woods
Trailhead: Hidden Pond Woods-West Trail Access · 41.72330, -87.85157
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Brown Unpaved Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Hidden Pond Slough.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Orange Unpaved Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Hidden Pond Slough.
- 0.7 miPass Boomerang Slough.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 350 ftReach Boomerang Slough, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miSharp left onto Brown Unpaved Trail, heading E.
- 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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