Blackwell Forest Preserve

White Pine Pond–Sand Pond, 4 sights

7.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 28 min

White Pine Pond–Sand Pond, 4 sights is a 7.4-mile out-and-back in Blackwell Forest Preserve near Warrenville, IL. The route passes White Pine Pond and Sand Pond. 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 mi689 – 735 ft7.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Batavia Road Sidepath 41.82578, -88.18399
Nearest town Warrenville, IL

Directions

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White Pine Pond–Sand Pond, 4 sights

7.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 28 min

Elevation 689–736 ft

Out & Back · Blackwell Forest Preserve

Trailhead: Batavia Road Sidepath · 41.82578, -88.18399

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 6:54 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Batavia Road Sidepath, heading SE.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left onto Butterfield Road Sidepath, heading NE.
  3. 0.2 miPass White Pine Pond.
  4. 150 ftBear left onto West Branch DuPage River Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.2 miPass Sand Pond.
  6. 1.6 miTurn right onto Bobolink Trail, heading N.
  7. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Nighthawk Trail, heading W.
  8. 0.4 miReach White Pine Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bobolink Trail, heading S.
  10. 1.1 miTurn left onto West Branch DuPage River Trail, heading SW.
  11. 1.9 miBear right onto Butterfield Road Sidepath, heading SE.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right onto Batavia Road Sidepath, heading SW.
  13. 300 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

93% gravel7% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 6:54 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~5 min). Leave by 6:29 PM for the 6:54 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:13 PM — 8 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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