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Grant Woods Forest Preserve

Chain O'Lakes Bike Path

4.9 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Chain O'Lakes Bike Path is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Grant Woods Forest Preserve near Round Lake Heights, 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 mi748 – 794 ft5.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.38725, -88.11329
Nearest town Round Lake Heights, IL
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Chain O'Lakes Bike Path

4.9 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Elevation 748–795 ft

Out & Back · Grant Woods Forest Preserve

Trailhead: 42.38725, -88.11329

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 6:52 PM

Bikes allowed on the whole route

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.6 miBear right onto Chain O'Lakes Bike Path, heading W.
  3. 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
  4. 1.6 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  5. 1.9 miBear left, heading SE.
  6. 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/chain-olakes-bike-path-out-back-8-km-62a6

Trail surface

92% gravel2% paved6% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 6:52 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:32 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:52 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:20 PM.

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Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route

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