Swallow Cliffs & Blue Unpaved Trail via Yellow Unpaved Loop
6.4 mi · ▲ 345 ft · 2 hr 18 min
Swallow Cliffs & Blue Unpaved Trail via Yellow Unpaved Loop is a 6.4-mile out-and-back in Sag Valley Forest Preserve near Palos Park, IL. The route reaches Swallow Cliffs. It climbs 345 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 10/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi600 – 699 ft6.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.67953, -87.86355
Nearest town Palos Park, IL
Directions
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Swallow Cliffs & Blue Unpaved Trail via Yellow Unpaved Loop
6.4 mi · ▲ 345 ft · 2 hr 18 min
Elevation 600–699 ft
Out & Back · Sag Valley Forest Preserve
Trailhead: 41.67953, -87.86355
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Swallow Cliffs.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Swallow Cliff Stairs, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Unpaved Loop, heading W.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Blue Unpaved Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miReach Swallow Cliffs, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Yellow Unpaved Loop, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Swallow Cliff Stairs, heading SE.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 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
82% dirt16% gravel2% paved
Weather
Sunrise 6:39 AMSunset 6:52 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
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- Green Unpaved Trail & Tan Unpaved Spur via Yellow Unpaved Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 191 ft
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