AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Springbrook Prairie

Southern Dupage Regional Trail

3.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 10 min

Southern Dupage Regional Trail is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Springbrook Prairie near Frontenac, 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.

Elevation

0 mi702 – 715 ft3.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.74545, -88.23071
Nearest town Frontenac, IL
Google Maps Apple Maps

Directions

AMBLEWAYwww.ambleway.com

Southern Dupage Regional Trail

3.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 10 min

Elevation 702–714 ft

Out & Back · Springbrook Prairie

Trailhead: 41.74545, -88.23071

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 1.4 miBear right, heading E.
  3. 50 ftBear left onto Southern Dupage Regional Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.4 miReach Southern Dupage Regional Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
  6. 1.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/southern-dupage-regional-trail-out-back-6-km-de0d

Trail surface

64% gravel35% paved1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 6:54 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:34 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:54 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:22 PM.

More sunset hikes nearby

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Frontenac, Illinois