Saganashkee Slough–Tan Single Track Trail, 3 sights
10.6 mi · ▲ 261 ft · 3 hr 40 min
Saganashkee Slough–Tan Single Track Trail, 3 sights is a 10.6-mile out-and-back in Willow Springs Woods near Willow Springs, IL. The route reaches Saganashkee Slough. It climbs 261 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 16/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Saganashkee Slough–Tan Single Track Trail, 3 sights
10.6 mi · ▲ 261 ft · 3 hr 40 min
Elevation 595–727 ft
Out & Back · Willow Springs Woods
Trailhead: 41.73378, -87.87459
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Transit-accessible: Archer & Willow Springs stop 205 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Single Track Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Tan Unpaved Trail, heading SE.
- 1.4 miSharp right onto Yellow Unpaved Trail, heading NW.
- 1.5 miTurn right onto Tan Single Track Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Yellow Unpaved Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Black Single Track Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Yellow Unpaved Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Orange Unpaved Trail, heading NW.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Orange Single Track Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miPass Saganashkee Slough.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miReach Saganashkee Slough, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto Orange Unpaved Trail, heading N.
- 300 ftBear right onto Yellow Unpaved Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Black Single Track Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Yellow Unpaved Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Tan Single Track Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Yellow Unpaved Trail, heading E.
- 1.5 miSharp left onto Tan Unpaved Trail, heading NE.
- 1.5 miTurn left onto Yellow Single Track Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive 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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Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Archer & Willow Springs stop 205 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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