Tan Unpaved Trail & Yellow Single Track Trail
6.1 mi · ▲ 191 ft · 2 hr 8 min
Tan Unpaved Trail & Yellow Single Track Trail is a 6.1-mile out-and-back in Willow Springs Woods near Willow Springs, IL. It is mostly level, with 191 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Tan Unpaved Trail & Yellow Single Track Trail
6.1 mi · ▲ 191 ft · 2 hr 8 min
Elevation 611–723 ft
Out & Back · Willow Springs Woods
Trailhead: 41.73215, -87.87820
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Transit-accessible: Archer & Willow Springs stop 113 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Single Track Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Tan Unpaved Trail, heading E.
- 2.2 miReach Yellow Single Track Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.2 miTurn left onto Yellow Single Track Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 200 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 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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Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Archer & Willow Springs stop 113 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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