Yellow Unpaved Loop
2.6 mi · ▲ 113 ft · 55 min
Yellow Unpaved Loop is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in Sag Valley Forest Preserve near Palos Park, IL. It is mostly level, with 113 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi604 – 732 ft2.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Swallow Cliff Woods-South Trail Access 41.68424, -87.87439
Nearest town Palos Park, IL
Directions
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Yellow Unpaved Loop
2.6 mi · ▲ 113 ft · 55 min
Elevation 603–731 ft
Out & Back · Sag Valley Forest Preserve
Trailhead: Swallow Cliff Woods-South Trail Access · 41.68424, -87.87439
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Yellow Unpaved Loop, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 500 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn 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
99% dirt1% paved
Weather
Sunrise 6:39 AMSunset 6:52 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Green Unpaved Trail & Sag Valley Brown Unpaved Loop 9.3 mi · ▲ 200 ft
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- Blue Unpaved Trail via Yellow Unpaved Loop 5.1 mi · ▲ 253 ft
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