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Sunfish Pond–Sterling Pond, 5 sights is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in Morton Arboretum near Lisle, IL. The route passes Sterling Pond and Sunfish Pond. It is mostly level, with 191 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi669 – 745 ft3.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Prairie Trail 41.81557, -88.09082
Nearest town Lisle, IL

Directions

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Sunfish Pond–Sterling Pond, 5 sights

3.3 mi · ▲ 191 ft · 1 hr 12 min

Elevation 670–743 ft

Out & Back · Morton Arboretum

Trailhead: Prairie Trail · 41.81557, -88.09082

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Prairie Trail, heading W.
  2. 350 ftContinue straight onto Acre Trail, heading SE.
  3. 50 ftTurn left onto Prairie Trail, heading E.
  4. 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  5. 400 ftPass Sterling Pond.
  6. 50 ftBear right onto Main Trail Loop 4, heading NE.
  7. 450 ftSharp left onto Main Trail Loop 3 and 4, heading SE.
  8. 0.1 miTurn right onto Main Trail Loop 3, heading N.
  9. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  10. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Main Trail Loop 1, heading SE.
  11. 0.1 miPass Sunfish Pond.
  12. 0.2 miTurn left onto Thornhill Trail, heading E.
  13. 0.3 miReach Sunfish Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.3 miTurn right onto Main Trail Loop 1, heading E.
  15. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Main Trail Loop 2, heading SW.
  16. 0.4 miTurn right onto Main Trail Loop 3, heading SW.
  17. 0.3 miTurn left onto Main Trail Loop 3 and 4, heading SW.
  18. 0.1 miSharp right onto Main Trail Loop 4, heading W.
  19. 450 ftBear left, heading S.
  20. 450 ftTurn right onto Prairie Trail, heading NW.
  21. 150 ftTurn right onto Acre Trail, heading W.
  22. 50 ftContinue straight onto Prarie Trail, heading W.
  23. 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

32% dirt68% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:39 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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