Hikes near Great Lakes, Illinois
Ambleway maps 753 hikes within 60 miles of Great Lakes. The wildest is Orange Trail at 58% wild, 58 miles out in Oak Ridge Forest Preserve. Nothing within 5 miles of the centre scores as wild; the nearest that does is Tamarack Lake via Fort Hill Trail, 12 miles out.
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Hikes
A short drive · 5–25 miles
Pond Loop 0.44mi()
20 mi away · 1.9 mi · ▲ 154 ft
Long Loop–Short Loop, 3 sights
20 mi away · 2.3 mi · ▲ 112 ft
East Trail Loop–Long Loop, 3 sights
20 mi away · 1.9 mi · ▲ 85 ft
Lyons Loop
19 mi away · 2.8 mi · ▲ 53 ft
Fort Hill Trail
12 mi away · 2.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft
Tamarack Lake via Fort Hill Trail
12 mi away · 3.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft
Old Donlea Road
21 mi away · 5.2 mi · ▲ 54 ft
Long Loop–Short Loop, 3 sights
20 mi away · 2 mi · ▲ 85 ft
Worth the drive · 25–60 miles
Orange Trail
58 mi away · 3.7 mi · ▲ 54 ft
Green Trail
52 mi away · 1.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft
Derailer–Lime Kiln Trail Loop, 5 sights
53 mi away · 5.3 mi · ▲ 151 ft
Red Trail Loop
52 mi away · 2.1 mi · ▲ 82 ft
Connector Trail & Moraine Ridge Trail
53 mi away · 9.9 mi · ▲ 580 ft
Derailer–Lime Kiln Trail Loop, 4 sights
53 mi away · 2.9 mi · ▲ 165 ft
Roller Coaster
52 mi away · 3.1 mi · ▲ 56 ft
Richards Revenge
52 mi away · 4.5 mi · ▲ 196 ft
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Covington Bluff–Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve Beach, 5 beaches
0 mi away · 12.6 mi · ▲ 166 ft
Hutchinson Viewpoint–Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve Beach, 5 beaches
2 mi away · 10.4 mi · ▲ 81 ft
Minear Lake–North Bay, 5 lakes
2 mi away · 15.1 mi · ▲ 106 ft
Pond 1–Pond 2, 4 sights
0 mi away · 13.3 mi · ▲ 79 ft
Miceli Pond–Old School Blue Loop, 3 sights
2 mi away · 16 mi · ▲ 107 ft
Robert McClory Bike Path
2 mi away · 2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
Eagle Lake–Conway Park Pond 3, 3 lakes
2 mi away · 11.6 mi · ▲ 55 ft
Lake Bluff Pond via North Shore Bike Path
3 mi away · 3.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft