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Tinley Creek Forest Preserve

Tinley Creek Green Paved Trail

5.5 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 51 min

Tinley Creek Green Paved Trail is a 5.5-mile out-and-back in Tinley Creek Forest Preserve near Goeselville, IL. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi689 – 735 ft5.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.60350, -87.78507
Nearest town Goeselville, IL
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Tinley Creek Green Paved Trail

5.5 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 51 min

Elevation 687–736 ft

Out & Back · Tinley Creek Forest Preserve

Trailhead: 41.60350, -87.78507

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 6:52 PM

Transit-accessible: 159th Street & Oak Park stop 143 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right onto Tinley Creek Green Paved Trail, heading E.
  3. 1.2 miTurn left onto Tinley Creek Purple Paved Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
  5. 0.4 miTurn right onto Tinley Creek Green Paved Trail, heading W.
  6. 0.4 miReach Tinley Creek Green Paved Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  8. 0.4 miTurn left onto Tinley Creek Purple Paved Trail, heading N.
  9. 0.6 miTurn right onto Tinley Creek Green Paved Trail, heading W.
  10. 1.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  11. 250 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/tinley-creek-green-paved-trail-tinley-creek-green-paved-trail-out-back-9-km

Trail surface

70% paved30% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:38 AMSunset 6:52 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: 159th Street & Oak Park stop 143 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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