West Chicago Prairie Forest Preserve
Truitt Trail & West Loop Trail via Illinois Prairie Path Geneva Spur
4.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 38 min
Truitt Trail & West Loop Trail via Illinois Prairie Path Geneva Spur is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in West Chicago Prairie Forest Preserve near Surrey Woods, IL. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Truitt Trail & West Loop Trail via Illinois Prairie Path Geneva Spur
4.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 38 min
Elevation 746–763 ft
Out & Back · West Chicago Prairie Forest Preserve
Trailhead: 41.89214, -88.26504
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 6:54 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Illinois Prairie Path Geneva Spur, heading E.
- 1.7 miTurn right onto Gentian Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto West Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Truitt Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miReach West Loop Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto West Loop Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Gentian Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Illinois Prairie Path Geneva Spur, heading N.
- 1.4 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.3 miArrive 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 1.8 mi in (~44 min). Leave by 5:50 PM for the 6:54 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:53 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Illinois Prairie Path Geneva Spur 5 mi · ▲ 106 ft
- Illinois Prairie Path Geneva Spur 4.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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