Beck Lake via Des Plaines River Trail Yellow Unpaved is a 5.4-mile out-and-back in Camp Pine Woods Preserve near The Grove, IL. The route reaches Beck Lake at the turnaround, 2.7 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 – 640 ft5.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.06900, -87.86839
Nearest town The Grove, IL
Directions
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Beck Lake via Des Plaines River Trail Yellow Unpaved
5.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 48 min
Elevation 631–641 ft
Out & Back · Camp Pine Woods Preserve
Trailhead: 42.06900, -87.86839
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Transit-accessible: Lyman & Central stop 494 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Des Plaines River Trail Yellow Unpaved, heading N.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.7 miReach Beck Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 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
42% dirt5% paved53% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:38 AMSunset 6:52 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Lyman & Central stop 494 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Des Plaines River Trail Yellow Unpaved 2.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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