Spring Lake Preserve

Beverly Lake

6 mi · ▲ 85 ft · 2 hr 3 min

Beverly Lake is a 6-mile out-and-back in Spring Lake Preserve near Barrington Center, IL. The route reaches Beverly Lake. It is mostly level, with 85 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi814 – 879 ft6.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.10958, -88.21876
Nearest town Barrington Center, IL

Directions

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Beverly Lake

6 mi · ▲ 85 ft · 2 hr 3 min

Elevation 814–879 ft

Out & Back · Spring Lake Preserve

Trailhead: 42.10958, -88.21876

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 6:54 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  5. 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
  6. 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
  7. 200 ftTurn right, heading S.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  10. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  11. 0.2 miPass Beverly Lake.
  12. 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
  13. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  14. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  15. 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
  16. 250 ftReach Beverly Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 300 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  18. 250 ftBear right, heading SE.
  19. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  20. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  21. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  22. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  23. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  24. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  25. 200 ftBear left, heading SE.
  26. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  27. 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
  28. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  29. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  30. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

74% dirt26% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 6:54 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.6 mi in (~68 min). Leave by 5:26 PM for the 6:54 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:16 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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