Blackwell Forest Preserve

Sand Pond–White Pine Pond, 4 sights

6.2 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 2 hr 5 min

Sand Pond–White Pine Pond, 4 sights is a 6.2-mile out-and-back in Blackwell Forest Preserve near Warrenville, IL. The route passes Sand Pond and White Pine Pond. It is mostly level, with 26 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi699 – 735 ft6.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.83000, -88.18151
Nearest town Warrenville, IL

Directions

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Sand Pond–White Pine Pond, 4 sights

6.2 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 2 hr 5 min

Elevation 698–736 ft

Out & Back · Blackwell Forest Preserve

Trailhead: 41.83000, -88.18151

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 6:54 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 50 ftPass Sand Pond.
  3. 50 ftPass White Pine Pond.
  4. 50 ftTurn right onto West Branch DuPage River Trail, heading W.
  5. 1.6 miTurn right onto Bobolink Trail, heading N.
  6. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Nighthawk Trail, heading N.
  7. 0.4 miReach Sand Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bobolink Trail, heading SE.
  9. 1.1 miTurn left onto West Branch DuPage River Trail, heading SW.
  10. 1.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
  11. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

99% gravel1% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 6:54 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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