Tamarack View Trail (2.8 mi) Viewpoint & Prairie Ridge Trail
2.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 46 min
Tamarack View Trail (2.8 mi) Viewpoint & Prairie Ridge Trail is a 2.3-mile out-and-back in Volo Bog State Natural Area near Palm Beach, IL. The route reaches Tamarack View Trail (2.8 mi) Viewpoint. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Tamarack View Trail (2.8 mi) Viewpoint & Prairie Ridge Trail
2.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 46 min
Elevation 744–772 ft
Out & Back · Volo Bog State Natural Area
Trailhead: 42.35592, -88.18255
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 6:54 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Tamarack View Trail (2.8 mi) Viewpoint.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Tamarack View Trail (2.8 mi), heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Deerpath Trail Loop, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Prairie Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miReach Tamarack View Trail (2.8 mi) Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Deerpath Trail Loop, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Tamarack View Trail (2.8 mi), heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 6:31 PM for the 6:54 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:11 PM — 11 min before dark.
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