AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Sugar Creek Pond & Buffalo Grove Road Bike Path

1.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 38 min

Sugar Creek Pond & Buffalo Grove Road Bike Path is a 1.9-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 – 696 ft2.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.20482, -87.95618
Nearest town Prairie View, IL
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Sugar Creek Pond & Buffalo Grove Road Bike Path

1.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 38 min

Elevation 681–695 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 42.20482, -87.95618

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

Bikes allowed on the whole route · Transit-accessible: Prairie View stop 758 m from the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 250 ftSharp right onto Buffalo Grove Road Bike Path, heading W.
  3. 0.2 miPass Sugar Creek Pond.
  4. 0.8 miReach Sugar Creek Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 1 miSharp left, heading E.
  6. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/sugar-creek-pond-buffalo-grove-road-bike-path-out-back-3-km-4462

Trail surface

100% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:39 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~19 min). Leave by 6:14 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:27 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route
  • Transit-accessible: Prairie View stop 758 m from the trailhead

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