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Tinley Creek Forest Preserve

Tinley Creek Green Paved Trail & Tinley Creek Yellow Paved Trail

4.5 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 1 hr 31 min

Tinley Creek Green Paved Trail & Tinley Creek Yellow Paved Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Tinley Creek Forest Preserve near Goeselville, IL. It is mostly level, with 26 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi689 – 732 ft4.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.60053, -87.78378
Nearest town Goeselville, IL
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Tinley Creek Green Paved Trail & Tinley Creek Yellow Paved Trail

4.5 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 1 hr 31 min

Elevation 687–733 ft

Out & Back · Tinley Creek Forest Preserve

Trailhead: 41.60053, -87.78378

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

Transit-accessible: 159th Street & Oak Park stop 247 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Tinley Creek Purple Paved Trail, heading E.
  3. 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
  4. 0.4 miTurn right onto Tinley Creek Green Paved Trail, heading W.
  5. 0.4 miReach Tinley Creek Yellow Paved Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  7. 0.4 miTurn left onto Tinley Creek Purple Paved Trail, heading N.
  8. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Tinley Creek Yellow Paved Trail, heading W.
  9. 0.8 miArrive 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-yellow-paved-trail-out-back-7-km-aa8b

Trail surface

54% paved46% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:38 AMSunset 6:52 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: 159th Street & Oak Park stop 247 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Goeselville, Illinois