AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Veterans Memorial Trail

3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr

Veterans Memorial Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back near Colonial Acres, IL. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi712 – 735 ft3.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.56951, -87.99185
Nearest town Colonial Acres, IL
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Veterans Memorial Trail

3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr

Elevation 712–735 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 41.56951, -87.99185

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 6:54 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.5 miTurn right onto Veterans Memorial Trail, heading N.
  3. 1 miReach Veterans Memorial Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 1 miTurn left, heading S.
  5. 0.5 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/veterans-memorial-trail-out-back-5-km-0f63

Weather

Sunrise 6:38 AMSunset 6:54 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 6:31 PM for the 6:54 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:12 PM — 10 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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