Yellow Viewpoint & Quail Unit Viewpoint via Yellow Trail
8.5 mi · ▲ 463 ft · 3 hr 4 min
Yellow Viewpoint & Quail Unit Viewpoint via Yellow Trail is an 8.5-mile out-and-back in Quail Unit near Palmerton, IL. The route passes Yellow Viewpoint and Quail Unit Viewpoint. It climbs 463 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Yellow Viewpoint & Quail Unit Viewpoint via Yellow Trail
8.5 mi · ▲ 463 ft · 3 hr 4 min
Elevation 480–610 ft
Out & Back · Quail Unit
Trailhead: 40.01646, -90.11040
Weather Sep 22: Overcast, high 67°F / low 58° · precip 3% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 6:59 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Yellow Viewpoint.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Yellow Trail, heading E.
- 1.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miPass Quail Unit Viewpoint.
- 100 ftReach Yellow Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Shortcut Trail, heading W.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading S.
- 6.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.7 mi in (~70 min). Leave by 5:30 PM for the 6:59 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:21 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
More from this trailhead
- Quail Unit Viewpoint & Yellow Viewpoint via Yellow Trail 4 mi · ▲ 237 ft
- Governor's Sunset Point–Governor's Viewpoint, 5 sights 5.6 mi · ▲ 344 ft
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