Illinois trails · Yellow Unpaved Trail
Yellow Unpaved Trail
A 5.4-mile out-and-back in Illinois, with 75 ft of climbing. Reaches Mallard Pond and other lake destinations. Managed by Forest Preserve District of Cook County.
Elevation profile
Essentially flat — no sustained climb anywhere along its 5.4 miles.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Mallard Pond (lake)
- Hogwash Slough (lake)
- Cranberry Slough (lake)
- Cramer Slough (lake)
- Suttonbush Slough (lake)
Heads up
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 5:47 a.m., the sun rises at 6:16 a.m. and sets at 7:26 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:55 p.m. (CDT) — 13 h 11 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 10.9-mile round trip takes roughly 4 h 06 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 10:21 a.m. — 9 h 05 min before sunset.
Loop options
- Yellow Unpaved Trail + Black Unpaved Trail — 1.4 mi loop, 88 ft gain
- Yellow Unpaved Trail + Black Unpaved Trail — 2.4 mi loop, 149 ft gain
- Yellow Unpaved Trail — 2.3 mi loop, 146 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Brown Unpaved Trail — 1.2 mi
- Tan Single Track Trail — 2.1 mi
- Tan Unpaved Trail — 2.3 mi
- Blue Single Track Trail — 2.4 mi