Busse Lake - Main Pool Loop via Busse Forest Trails Red Paved
6.9 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 2 hr 19 min
Busse Lake - Main Pool Loop via Busse Forest Trails Red Paved is a 6.9-mile loop in Ned Brown Forest Preserve near Schnells Corner, IL. The route reaches Busse Lake - Main Pool. It is mostly level, with 27 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 Loop via Busse Forest Trails Red Paved
6.9 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 2 hr 19 min
Elevation 685–732 ft
Loop · Ned Brown Forest Preserve
Trailhead: 42.01461, -87.99842
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Salt Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Busse Forest Trails Red Paved, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Busse Lake - Main Pool.
- 1.4 miSharp right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Busse Forest Trails Oakton Spur, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Busse Forest Trails Red Paved, heading S.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Salt Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 350 ftThe loop closes 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.1 mi in (~50 min). Leave by 5:42 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:59 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Busse Lake - Main Pool via Busse Forest Trails Red Paved 3.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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