Park 538 Rustic Trails
A full exploration of the rustic trail network along the North Shore Channel through woodland and prairie habitat.
- Distance
- 3.5 mi · Multi-loop
- Time
- 70 min
- Surface
- Dirt and wood chip
- Grade / hills
- Grade not quantified
Start
Park 538 trail access, 6426 N Kedzie Avenue
Directions
Route
- Start at the Park 538 access at 6426 N Kedzie Avenue near the channel-side trail network.
- Follow the rustic trails north through the woodland and prairie corridor toward Devon Avenue.
- Use signed or evident network junctions to work back south through the park without leaving the natural-area trail system.
- Complete the remaining trail branches and return to the Kedzie Avenue start.
Good to know
The facility page publishes 3.5 miles of dirt and wood-chip trails, not one signed loop. This is an editorial multi-loop over the network; grades, drainage, junctions, and current surface conditions are not documented, and natural-area hours are dawn to dusk.