AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Sugar Creek Pond & Buffalo Grove Road Bike Path

2.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 42 min

Sugar Creek Pond & Buffalo Grove Road Bike Path is a 2.1-mile out-and-back near Prairie View, IL. The route reaches Sugar Creek Pond. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi682 – 699 ft2.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.20014, -87.95720
Nearest town Prairie View, IL
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Sugar Creek Pond & Buffalo Grove Road Bike Path

2.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 42 min

Elevation 681–698 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 42.20014, -87.95720

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:53 PM

Bikes allowed on the whole route · Transit-accessible: Prairie View stop 270 m from the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.3 miPass Sugar Creek Pond.
  3. 50 ftTurn left onto Buffalo Grove Road Bike Path, heading W.
  4. 0.8 miReach Sugar Creek Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.8 miTurn right, heading E.
  6. 0.3 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/sugar-creek-pond-buffalo-grove-road-bike-path-out-back-3-km-218c

Trail surface

100% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:39 AMSunset 6:53 PM

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 7:21 PM.

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Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route
  • Transit-accessible: Prairie View stop 270 m from the trailhead

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