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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.3 miTurn right onto Des Plaines River Trail Yellow Unpaved, heading N.
  3. 0.8 miBear right, heading NW.
  4. 0.4 miSharp right, heading N.
  5. 0.2 miSharp right, heading NW.
  6. 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
  7. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  9. 0.7 miReach Beck Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.7 miTurn right, heading NW.
  11. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  12. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  13. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  14. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
  15. 1.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  16. 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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