Busse Lake - Main Pool & Busse Forest Trails Red Paved
9.1 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 3 hr 3 min
Busse Lake - Main Pool & Busse Forest Trails Red Paved is a 9.1-mile out-and-back in Ned Brown Forest Preserve near Schnells Corner, IL. The route reaches Busse Lake - Main Pool. It is mostly level, with 28 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Busse Lake - Main Pool & Busse Forest Trails Red Paved
9.1 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 3 hr 3 min
Elevation 684–730 ft
Out & Back · Ned Brown Forest Preserve
Trailhead: 42.02441, -88.01542
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Busse Lake - Main Pool.
- 350 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Busse Forest Trails Red Paved, heading NW.
- 1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 1.9 miReach Busse Lake - Main Pool, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.9 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive 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 3.5 mi in (~87 min). Leave by 5:06 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:34 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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