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Beck Lake via Des Plaines River Trail Yellow Unpaved is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Camp Pine Woods Preserve near Northfield Woods, IL. The route reaches Beck Lake at the turnaround, 1.8 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi630 – 643 ft3.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.08290, -87.87856
Nearest town Northfield Woods, IL

Directions

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Beck Lake via Des Plaines River Trail Yellow Unpaved

3.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 12 min

Elevation 631–642 ft

Out & Back · Camp Pine Woods Preserve

Trailhead: 42.08290, -87.87856

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  3. 0.3 miBear right onto Des Plaines River Trail Yellow Unpaved, heading W.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  5. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  6. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
  7. 0.9 miTurn left onto Des Plaines River Trail Green Unpaved Spur (North), heading S.
  8. 0.2 miReach Beck Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right onto Des Plaines River Trail Yellow Unpaved, heading W.
  10. 0.5 miBear right, heading W.
  11. 0.4 miSharp right, heading NW.
  12. 0.2 miSharp right, heading NE.
  13. 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
  14. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  15. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

48% dirt52% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:39 AMSunset 6:52 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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