Fullersburg Woods Forest Preserve
Salt Creek Bicycle Trail
2.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 58 min
Salt Creek Bicycle Trail is a 2.9-mile out-and-back in Fullersburg Woods Forest Preserve near Oak Brook, IL. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Salt Creek Bicycle Trail
2.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 58 min
Elevation 647–672 ft
Out & Back · Fullersburg Woods Forest Preserve
Trailhead: 41.84140, -87.93222
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
Transit-accessible: 22nd Street & York stop 709 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Salt Creek Bicycle Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Night Heron Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Salt Creek Bicycle Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:33 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:53 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:20 PM.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: 22nd Street & York stop 709 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Salt Creek Bicycle Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Salt Creek Bicycle Trail 3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Salt Creek Bicycle Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Salt Creek Bicycle Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Night Heron Viewpoint & Night Heron Trail 4.4 mi · ▲ 57 ft
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