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Camp Pine Woods Preserve

Beck Lake via Des Plaines River Trail Yellow Unpaved

3.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 8 min

Beck Lake via Des Plaines River Trail Yellow Unpaved is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Camp Pine Woods Preserve near Des Plaines, IL. The route reaches Beck Lake at the turnaround, 1.7 miles in. 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.

Elevation

0 mi633 – 643 ft3.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Big Bend Lake Trail Access 42.05187, -87.86995
Nearest town Des Plaines, IL
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Beck Lake via Des Plaines River Trail Yellow Unpaved

3.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 8 min

Elevation 635–642 ft

Out & Back · Camp Pine Woods Preserve

Trailhead: Big Bend Lake Trail Access · 42.05187, -87.86995

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:52 PM

Transit-accessible: Golf & Bender stop 175 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Des Plaines River Trail Yellow Unpaved, heading N.
  2. 1.6 miTurn right onto Des Plaines River Trail Green Unpaved Spur (North), heading N.
  3. 0.2 miReach Beck Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left onto Des Plaines River Trail Yellow Unpaved, heading W.
  5. 1.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/beck-lake-out-back-6-km-a009

Trail surface

91% dirt9% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:39 AMSunset 6:52 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Golf & Bender stop 175 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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