White Ash & Northern Red Oak via Saint Louis Canyon Trail is a 2.4-mile out-and-back near Utica, IL. The route passes Northern Red Oak before reaching White Ash at the turnaround, 1.2 miles in. It climbs 267 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi453 – 591 ft · steepest grade: 19%2.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.32175, -89.00999
Nearest town Utica, IL
Directions
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White Ash & Northern Red Oak via Saint Louis Canyon Trail
2.4 mi · ▲ 267 ft · 56 min
Elevation 453–592 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 41.32175, -89.00999
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:42 AM · sunset 6:59 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Saint Louis Canyon Trail, heading E.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 450 ftPass Northern Red Oak.
- 200 ftReach White Ash, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 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 surface
90% dirt10% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:42 AMSunset 6:59 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~33 min). Leave by 6:06 PM for the 6:59 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:46 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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