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Wolf's Crossing Community Park

Tall Grass Greenway via Normantown Trail

4.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 28 min

Tall Grass Greenway via Normantown Trail is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Wolf's Crossing Community Park near Wheatland Highlands, IL. 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 mi679 – 696 ft5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.69412, -88.23228
Nearest town Wheatland Highlands, IL
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Tall Grass Greenway via Normantown Trail

4.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 28 min

Elevation 680–697 ft

Out & Back · Wolf's Crossing Community Park

Trailhead: 41.69412, -88.23228

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 6:54 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right onto Normantown Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  5. 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
  6. 250 ftContinue straight onto Tall Grass Greenway, heading N.
  7. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  8. 300 ftTurn left, heading N.
  9. 250 ftBear right, heading NE.
  10. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  11. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  12. 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
  13. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  14. 100 ftSharp right, heading N.
  15. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  16. 1.4 miReach Tall Grass Greenway, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 0.9 miTurn right, heading W.
  18. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  19. 100 ftSharp left, heading N.
  20. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  21. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  22. 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
  23. 100 ftBear right, heading W.
  24. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  25. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
  26. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  27. 250 ftTurn left onto Normantown Trail, heading SW.
  28. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  29. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  30. 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/tall-grass-greenway-out-back-7-km-9454

Trail surface

96% paved4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 6:54 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.6 mi in (~15 min). Leave by 6:18 PM for the 6:54 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:24 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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