Spring Lake Preserve

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.

Elevation

0 mi797 – 879 ft5.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.11031, -88.21372
Nearest town Barrington Center, IL

Directions

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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  3. 0.6 miBear left, heading SW.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  5. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  6. 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  7. 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  10. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  11. 0.2 miPass Beverly Lake.
  12. 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
  13. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  14. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  15. 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
  16. 300 ftReach Beverly Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 300 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  18. 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
  19. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  20. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  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. 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  26. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  27. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  28. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  29. 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
  30. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

68% dirt32% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 6:54 PM

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.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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