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Cranberry Slough Nature Preserve

Yellow Unpaved Trail

4.3 mi · ▲ 84 ft · 1 hr 29 min

Yellow Unpaved Trail is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in Cranberry Slough Nature Preserve near Willow Springs, IL. It is mostly level, with 84 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi666 – 725 ft4.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Country Lane Woods Trail Access 41.71648, -87.86631
Nearest town Willow Springs, IL
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Yellow Unpaved Trail

4.3 mi · ▲ 84 ft · 1 hr 29 min

Elevation 667–724 ft

Out & Back · Cranberry Slough Nature Preserve

Trailhead: Country Lane Woods Trail Access · 41.71648, -87.86631

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:52 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Tan Unpaved Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.7 miSharp right onto Yellow Unpaved Trail, heading NW.
  3. 1.5 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  4. 1.5 miSharp left onto Tan Unpaved Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.7 miArrive 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/yellow-unpaved-trail-out-back-7-km-5fa6

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:39 AMSunset 6:52 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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