Wood Duck Pond via Illinois Prairie Path Aurora Branch is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in St. James Farm Preserve near Warrenville, IL. The route reaches Wood Duck Pond at the turnaround, 1.6 miles in. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi745 – 774 ft3.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.83151, -88.14764
Nearest town Warrenville, IL
Directions
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Wood Duck Pond via Illinois Prairie Path Aurora Branch
3.5 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 12 min
Elevation 744–774 ft
Out & Back · St. James Farm Preserve
Trailhead: 41.83151, -88.14764
Weather Sep 22: sunrise 6:41 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Drinking water at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Illinois Prairie Path Aurora Branch, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto St. James Farm Bike Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 300 ftReach Wood Duck Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Illinois Prairie Path Aurora Branch, heading SE.
- 0.7 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 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 surface
61% gravel39% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:41 AMSunset 6:52 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~8 min). Leave by 6:24 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:15 PM — 5 min before dark.
Good to know
- Drinking water at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- St. James Farm Bike Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 55 ft
- Illinois Prairie Path Aurora Branch 2.3 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Front Pond–Wood Duck Pond, 3 lakes 3.9 mi · ▲ 27 ft
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