Green Unpaved Trail & Sag Valley Brown Unpaved Loop
9.3 mi · ▲ 200 ft · 3 hr 12 min
Green Unpaved Trail & Sag Valley Brown Unpaved Loop is a 9.3-mile out-and-back in Sag Valley Forest Preserve near Palos Park, IL. It is mostly level, with 200 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Green Unpaved Trail & Sag Valley Brown Unpaved Loop
9.3 mi · ▲ 200 ft · 3 hr 12 min
Elevation 603–747 ft
Out & Back · Sag Valley Forest Preserve
Trailhead: Swallow Cliff Woods-South Trail Access · 41.68424, -87.87439
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Yellow Unpaved Loop, heading W.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto Green Unpaved Trail, heading S.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Sag Valley Brown Unpaved Loop, heading SW.
- 1.1 miReach Green Unpaved Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto Green Unpaved Trail, heading N.
- 1.3 miContinue straight onto Yellow Unpaved Loop, heading NE.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.7 mi in (~71 min). Leave by 5:21 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:14 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Swallow Cliff Woods-South Trail Access Trailhead
- Sag Quarry West & John Husar I&M Canal Paved Trail 15.3 mi · ▲ 74 ft
- Tan Unpaved Spur via Yellow Unpaved Loop 4.4 mi · ▲ 245 ft
- Yellow Unpaved Loop 2.6 mi · ▲ 113 ft
- Blue Unpaved Trail via Yellow Unpaved Loop 5.1 mi · ▲ 253 ft
- Yellow Unpaved Loop 3.1 mi · ▲ 197 ft
- Yellow Unpaved Loop 3 mi · ▲ 192 ft
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