Salt Creek Park Forest Preserve
Salt Creek Trail
2.2 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 45 min
Salt Creek Trail is a 2.2-mile out-and-back in Salt Creek Park Forest Preserve near Addison, IL. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Salt Creek Trail
2.2 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 45 min
Elevation 675–710 ft
Out & Back · Salt Creek Park Forest Preserve
Trailhead: 41.94908, -88.00259
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Salt Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miReach Salt Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 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 0.7 mi in (~18 min). Leave by 6:15 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:26 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
More from this trailhead
- Green Lake via Salt Creek Trail 7.9 mi · ▲ 26 ft
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