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Watersmeet Woods

Watersmeet Woods & Blue Star Memorial Woods via North Branch Yellow Unpaved Trail

1.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 26 min

Watersmeet Woods & Blue Star Memorial Woods via North Branch Yellow Unpaved Trail is a 1.3-mile out-and-back in Watersmeet Woods near Glenview, IL. The route passes Watersmeet Woods and Blue Star Memorial Woods. 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.

Elevation

0 mi614 – 627 ft1.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: North Branch Green Paved Spur 42.07918, -87.77594
Nearest town Glenview, IL
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Watersmeet Woods & Blue Star Memorial Woods via North Branch Yellow Unpaved Trail

1.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 26 min

Elevation 614–626 ft

Out & Back · Watersmeet Woods

Trailhead: North Branch Green Paved Spur · 42.07918, -87.77594

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on North Branch Green Paved Spur, heading W.
  2. 50 ftPass Watersmeet Woods.
  3. 50 ftPass Blue Star Memorial Woods.
  4. 300 ftSharp right onto North Branch Red Paved Trail, heading N.
  5. 150 ftTurn left onto North Branch Yellow Unpaved Trail, heading W.
  6. 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
  7. 0.3 miContinue straight onto North Branch Red Paved Trail, heading N.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto North Branch Yellow Unpaved Trail, heading N.
  9. 50 ftContinue straight onto North Branch Red Paved Trail, heading NW.
  10. 50 ftTurn left onto North Branch Yellow Unpaved Trail, heading N.
  11. 450 ftContinue straight onto North Branch Red Paved Trail, heading N.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto North Branch Yellow Unpaved Trail, heading N.
  13. 450 ftContinue straight onto North Branch Red Paved Trail, heading E.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto North Branch Yellow Unpaved Trail, heading E.
  15. 0.1 miReach Watersmeet Woods, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 0.1 miContinue straight onto North Branch Red Paved Trail, heading N.
  17. 50 ftContinue straight onto North Branch Yellow Unpaved Trail, heading NE.
  18. 450 ftContinue straight onto North Branch Red Paved Trail, heading E.
  19. 50 ftContinue straight onto North Branch Yellow Unpaved Trail, heading E.
  20. 450 ftTurn right onto North Branch Red Paved Trail, heading NE.
  21. 50 ftContinue straight onto North Branch Yellow Unpaved Trail, heading W.
  22. 50 ftContinue straight onto North Branch Red Paved Trail, heading W.
  23. 100 ftContinue straight onto North Branch Yellow Unpaved Trail, heading W.
  24. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  25. 450 ftTurn right onto North Branch Red Paved Trail, heading W.
  26. 150 ftSharp left onto North Branch Green Paved Spur, heading W.
  27. 50 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/watersmeet-woods-blue-star-memorial-woods-out-back-2-km

Trail surface

65% gravel27% paved8% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:38 AMSunset 6:52 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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