The Grainery Building via Hickory Creek Bikeway
8.3 mi · ▲ 107 ft · 2 hr 49 min
The Grainery Building via Hickory Creek Bikeway is an 8.3-mile out-and-back in Hickory Creek Preserve near Gilletts, IL. The route reaches The Grainery Building at the turnaround, 4.1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 107 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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The Grainery Building via Hickory Creek Bikeway
8.3 mi · ▲ 107 ft · 2 hr 49 min
Elevation 698–758 ft
Out & Back · Hickory Creek Preserve
Trailhead: 41.51142, -87.93176
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 6:54 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Hickory Creek Bikeway, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 1.6 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Old Plank Road Trail, heading S.
- 1.7 miPass The Grainery Building.
- 0.2 miReach The Grainery Building, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.9 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Hickory Creek Bikeway, heading N.
- 1.6 miBear right, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 450 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 0.0 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 6:33 PM for the 6:54 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:10 PM — 12 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Hickory Creek Bikeway 13.3 mi · ▲ 106 ft
- Old Plank Road Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Hickory Creek Bikeway 3.4 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- Hickory Creek Bikeway 4.5 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Gun Club Lake via Hickory Creek Bikeway 3.6 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Hickory Creek Bikeway 5.1 mi · ▲ 140 ft
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