Beverly Lake
5.5 mi · ▲ 139 ft · 1 hr 54 min
Beverly Lake is a 5.5-mile out-and-back in Spring Lake Preserve near Barrington Center, IL. The route reaches Beverly Lake. It is mostly level, with 139 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Beverly Lake
5.5 mi · ▲ 139 ft · 1 hr 54 min
Elevation 799–879 ft
Out & Back · Spring Lake Preserve
Trailhead: 42.11031, -88.21372
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 6:54 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miPass Beverly Lake.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 300 ftReach Beverly Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
- 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.4 mi in (~63 min). Leave by 5:31 PM for the 6:54 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:09 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Penny Road Pond 2.9 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Galvin's Lake 2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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