AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Grant Woods Forest Preserve

Chain O'Lakes Bike Path

2.5 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 52 min

Chain O'Lakes Bike Path is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Grant Woods Forest Preserve near Monaville, IL. It is mostly level, with 81 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi755 – 830 ft2.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.40097, -88.12144
Nearest town Monaville, IL
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Chain O'Lakes Bike Path

2.5 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 52 min

Elevation 754–831 ft

Out & Back · Grant Woods Forest Preserve

Trailhead: 42.40097, -88.12144

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:53 PM

Bikes allowed on the whole route

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 150 ftContinue straight onto Chain O'Lakes Bike Path, heading N.
  3. 1.2 miReach Chain O'Lakes Bike Path, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 1.2 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/chain-olakes-bike-path-out-back-4-km-cde9

Trail surface

94% gravel6% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:39 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~29 min). Leave by 6:04 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:37 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route

Hikes near Monaville, Illinois