Salt Creek Park Forest Preserve
Salt Creek Trail
3.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 10 min
Salt Creek Trail is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Salt Creek Park Forest Preserve near Addison, IL. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Salt Creek Trail
3.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 10 min
Elevation 669–695 ft
Out & Back · Salt Creek Park Forest Preserve
Trailhead: 41.93351, -87.98518
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
Transit-accessible: Addison & Lake stop 304 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Salt Creek Trail, heading N.
- 1.6 miReach Salt Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.6 miTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 250 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 0.9 mi in (~21 min). Leave by 6:12 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:29 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Addison & Lake stop 304 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Green Lake–Riverbend Pond, 4 lakes 5.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Green Lake–Riverbend Pond, 3 lakes 3.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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