Lansing Woods

Thorn Creek Green Paved Spur & Thorn Creek Red Paved Trail

16 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 5 hr 21 min

Thorn Creek Green Paved Spur & Thorn Creek Red Paved Trail is a 16-mile out-and-back in Lansing Woods near Chicago Heights, IL. It is mostly level, with 28 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi594 – 637 ft16.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Thorn Creek Red Paved Trail 41.52025, -87.63061
Nearest town Chicago Heights, IL

Directions

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Thorn Creek Green Paved Spur & Thorn Creek Red Paved Trail

16 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 5 hr 21 min

Elevation 595–637 ft

Out & Back · Lansing Woods

Trailhead: Thorn Creek Red Paved Trail · 41.52025, -87.63061

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 6:51 PM

Transit-accessible: Halsted & Joe Orr stop 420 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Thorn Creek Red Paved Trail, heading NE.
  2. 2.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  3. 1.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  4. 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  5. 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
  6. 400 ftBear right, heading N.
  7. 3.7 miTurn left onto Thorn Creek Green Paved Spur, heading SE.
  8. 0.4 miReach Thorn Creek Red Paved Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.4 miTurn right onto Thorn Creek Red Paved Trail, heading W.
  10. 1.6 miTurn right, heading W.
  11. 2.1 miBear left, heading W.
  12. 400 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  13. 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
  14. 450 ftBear left, heading S.
  15. 3.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

65% paved35% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:38 AMSunset 6:51 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.6 mi in (~87 min). Leave by 5:04 PM for the 6:51 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:34 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Halsted & Joe Orr stop 420 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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