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Campus Lake & Campus Lake Park Beach via Susan Schumake Memorial Overpass

2.6 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 53 min

Campus Lake & Campus Lake Park Beach via Susan Schumake Memorial Overpass is a 2.6-mile out-and-back near Carbondale, IL. The route passes Campus Lake Park Beach before reaching Campus Lake at the turnaround, 1.3 miles in. 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.

Elevation

0 mi404 – 449 ft3.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 37.72689, -89.21592
Nearest town Carbondale, IL
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Campus Lake & Campus Lake Park Beach via Susan Schumake Memorial Overpass

2.6 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 53 min

Elevation 404–448 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 37.72689, -89.21592

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:44 AM · sunset 6:59 PM

Transit-accessible: Carbondale Amtrak Station stop 291 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.6 miBear right, heading E.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  4. 450 ftBear left, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  7. 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  9. 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
  10. 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
  11. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  12. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  13. 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
  14. 150 ftTurn right onto Susan Schumake Memorial Overpass, heading SE.
  15. 0.1 miBear left onto Travel Service Drive, heading S.
  16. 200 ftPass Campus Lake Park Beach.
  17. 400 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  18. 200 ftSharp right, heading S.
  19. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  20. 500 ftBear right, heading W.
  21. 150 ftBear left, heading W.
  22. 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
  23. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  24. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  25. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  26. 50 ftReach Campus Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  27. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  28. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  29. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  30. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  31. 350 ftBear right, heading S.
  32. 150 ftBear left, heading S.
  33. 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
  34. 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
  35. 150 ftSharp right, heading S.
  36. 0.1 miBear right onto Susan Schumake Memorial Overpass, heading SW.
  37. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  38. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  39. 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  40. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  41. 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
  42. 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
  43. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  44. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  45. 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  46. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  47. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  48. 400 ftTurn right, heading N.
  49. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  50. 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/campus-lake-campus-lake-park-beach-out-back-4-km

Trail surface

92% paved3% gravel5% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:44 AMSunset 6:59 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~32 min). Leave by 6:07 PM for the 6:59 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:45 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Carbondale Amtrak Station stop 291 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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