Cowles Bog National Natural Landmark
Bailly Beach & Little Lake via Cowles Bog Trail
3.4 mi · ▲ 144 ft · 1 hr 12 min
Bailly Beach & Little Lake via Cowles Bog Trail is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Cowles Bog National Natural Landmark near Dune Acres, IN. The route passes Little Lake before reaching Bailly Beach at the turnaround, 1.6 miles in. It is mostly level, with 144 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Bailly Beach & Little Lake via Cowles Bog Trail
3.4 mi · ▲ 144 ft · 1 hr 12 min
Elevation 590–683 ft
Out & Back · Cowles Bog National Natural Landmark
Trailhead: Cowles Bog Trailhead · 41.64496, -87.08670
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 6:49 PM
- Start on Cowles Bog Trail, heading W.
- 0.8 miPass Little Lake.
- 1 miReach Bailly Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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