Aux Sable Lock & Aux Sable Creek Aqueduct via Illinois & Michigan Trail
4.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Aux Sable Lock & Aux Sable Creek Aqueduct via Illinois & Michigan Trail is a 4.6-mile out-and-back near Aux Sable, IL. The route passes Aux Sable Creek Aqueduct and Aux Sable Lock. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Aux Sable Lock & Aux Sable Creek Aqueduct via Illinois & Michigan Trail
4.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Elevation 494–515 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 41.39564, -88.33178
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:56 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Aux Sable Creek Aqueduct.
- 50 ftPass Aux Sable Lock.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Illinois & Michigan Trail, heading E.
- 2.3 miReach Aux Sable Lock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.9 mi in (~47 min). Leave by 5:49 PM for the 6:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:58 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Aux Sable Lock–Aux Sable Creek Aqueduct, 3 lakes 8.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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