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Squirrel Creek Trail route map
Difficulty: EasyLoop
Illinois

Squirrel Creek Trail

Mount Zion, Illinois

1.7 mi

Distance

171 ft

Elev. Gain

37m

Est. Time

Loop

Route Type

Easy

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Squirrel Creek Trail unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

The managing agency is the authority for conditions, closures and route notes. See official sources below. Spot something we should add?

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

We have no current condition data for this trail. Check with the operator before you go, and submit a report below if you've been recently.

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Elevation Profile

Min:206 ft
Max:226 ft
Gain:52 ft
Loss:52 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 206 ft and 226 ft across 1.7 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.206 ft213 ft219 ft226 ft0.0 mi0.4 mi0.8 mi1.3 mi1.7 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi217 ft
High point0.5 mi226 ft
End1.7 mi217 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Loop

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Mount Zion, IL · in or next to town
County:
Macon County, IL

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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