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SWIC Campus Trail via Metro Bike Link Trail

8.5 mi · ▲ 136 ft · 2 hr 54 min

SWIC Campus Trail via Metro Bike Link Trail is an 8.5-mile out-and-back near Swansea, IL. It is mostly level, with 136 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi463 – 535 ft9.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Boul Avenue Trail 38.53123, -89.98507
Nearest town Swansea, IL
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SWIC Campus Trail via Metro Bike Link Trail

8.5 mi · ▲ 136 ft · 2 hr 54 min

Elevation 461–534 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Boul Avenue Trail · 38.53123, -89.98507

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM

Transit-accessible: Illinois at Anna stop 112 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Metro Bike Link Trail, heading SE.
  2. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Richland Creek Bike Trail, heading SE.
  3. 150 ftContinue straight onto Metro Bike Link Trail, heading SE.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left onto East Belleville Bikeway, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftTurn right onto Metro Bike Link Trail, heading SE.
  6. 3.2 miTurn left onto Dr. Tom Amlung Trail, heading E.
  7. 0.3 miTurn right onto Metro Bike Link Trail, heading N.
  8. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  9. 250 ftSharp right onto SWIC Campus Trail, heading E.
  10. 50 ftReach SWIC Campus Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 50 ftSharp left onto Metro Bike Link Trail, heading E.
  12. 200 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  13. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  14. 0.4 miTurn left onto Dr. Tom Amlung Trail, heading W.
  15. 0.3 miTurn right onto Metro Bike Link Trail, heading S.
  16. 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
  17. 3.1 miTurn left onto East Belleville Bikeway, heading NW.
  18. 50 ftTurn right onto Metro Bike Link Trail, heading NW.
  19. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Richland Creek Bike Trail, heading NW.
  20. 150 ftContinue straight onto Metro Bike Link Trail, heading NW.
  21. 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/swic-campus-trail-out-back-14-km

Trail surface

90% paved5% boardwalk5% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.2 mi in (~28 min). Leave by 6:14 PM for the 7:02 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:46 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Illinois at Anna stop 112 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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