Hikes near McHenry, Illinois
Ambleway maps 765 hikes within 60 miles of McHenry. The wildest is Orange Trail at 75% wild, 51 miles out in Sugar River Alder Forest Preserve. Nothing within 5 miles of the centre scores as wild; the nearest that does is Pond Loop 0.44mi(), 6 miles out.
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Hikes
A short drive · 5–25 miles
Camelback Kame & Glacial Park Conservation Area Viewpoint Loop
7 mi away · 1.5 mi · ▲ 90 ft
Horse trail
11 mi away · 2.1 mi · ▲ 29 ft
Glacial Park Conservation Area Viewpoint
7 mi away · 5.3 mi · ▲ 173 ft
Technical Ponds
21 mi away · 4.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft
Bass Pond & Richard Bong State Recreation Area Beach
21 mi away · 4.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft
Wolf Lake–Bass Pond, 3 lakes
21 mi away · 5.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
Meadow Trail & Old Grove Trail
24 mi away · 2 mi · ▲ 27 ft
Pond Loop 0.44mi()
6 mi away · 1.9 mi · ▲ 154 ft
Worth the drive · 25–60 miles
Orange Trail
51 mi away · 2.1 mi · ▲ 112 ft
North Chana Road
53 mi away · 2.2 mi · ▲ 54 ft
McGirr Road
58 mi away · 2.7 mi · ▲ 27 ft
Mill Pond
47 mi away · 2.7 mi · ▲ 57 ft
Observation Deck–Blue Trail, 3 sights
54 mi away · 3.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft
North Trail Loop
56 mi away · 2 mi · ▲ 55 ft
Glass Pond Loop via Perimeter Trail
52 mi away · 2.1 mi · ▲ 117 ft
Green Trail
38 mi away · 1.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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Prairie View Trail
5 mi away · 3.7 mi · ▲ 166 ft
McHenry County Prairie Trail & Oak View Trail
4 mi away · 3.4 mi · ▲ 90 ft
Eye of the Bog–Prairie Ridge Trail, 3 sights
4 mi away · 2.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
Oak View Trail
5 mi away · 2.1 mi · ▲ 82 ft
Tamarack View Trail (2.8 mi) Viewpoint–Eye of the Bog, 4 sights
4 mi away · 3.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft
Wetland Scenic View & Fox River Trail (2.0 mi) Loop
2 mi away · 2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
Sullivan Lake–Tamarack View Trail (2.8 mi) Viewpoint, 4 lakes
5 mi away · 3.1 mi · ▲ 56 ft
Tamarack View Trail (2.8 mi)
5 mi away · 2.8 mi · ▲ 57 ft