Camp to Lake Trail
3.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 8 min
Camp to Lake Trail is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Big Rock Forest Preserve near Big Rock, IL. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Camp to Lake Trail
3.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 8 min
Elevation 689–703 ft
Out & Back · Big Rock Forest Preserve
Trailhead: 41.75429, -88.51493
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 6:57 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Camp Pond Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Camp to Lake Trail, heading SE.
- 1 miTurn left onto West Savanna Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Camp to Lake Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Northwestern Lot Line Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Camp to Lake Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto West Savanna Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Camp to Lake Trail, heading N.
- 1 miTurn right onto Camp Pond Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.3 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:37 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:57 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:24 PM.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Camp to Lake Trail & Northwestern Lot Line Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Northwestern Lot Line Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Siegler Lake–Central Connector Trail, 3 sights 4.5 mi · ▲ 147 ft
- Siegler Lake–Central Connector Trail, 3 sights 5.4 mi · ▲ 141 ft
- Camp to Lake Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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