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Kickapoo State Recreation Area

Clear Lake & Out and Back Trail

2 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 42 min

Clear Lake & Out and Back Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in Kickapoo State Recreation Area near Hartshorn, IL. The route reaches Clear Lake at the turnaround, 1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 53 ft of elevation gain. It scores 55/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi650 – 696 ft2.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Kickapoo Mountain Biking Trailhead 40.15203, -87.71769
Nearest town Hartshorn, IL
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Clear Lake & Out and Back Trail

2 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 42 min

Elevation 650–695 ft

Out & Back · Kickapoo State Recreation Area

Trailhead: Kickapoo Mountain Biking Trailhead · 40.15203, -87.71769

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 6:53 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  3. 250 ftTurn right onto Out and Back Trail, heading W.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  5. 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
  6. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  7. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  8. 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
  9. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  10. 250 ftReach Clear Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  12. 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
  13. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  14. 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  15. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  16. 300 ftTurn right, heading N.
  17. 0.4 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/clear-lake-out-back-ae6a

Trail surface

24% grass4% gravel72% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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