Heritage Quarries Recreation Area

Consumers Quarry–Great Lakes Quarry, 5 lakes

10.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 3 hr 36 min

Consumers Quarry–Great Lakes Quarry, 5 lakes is a 10.8-mile out-and-back in Heritage Quarries Recreation Area near Romeo, IL. The route passes Consumers Quarry, Icebox Quarry, The Forge Quarry and Great Lakes Quarry. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi577 – 597 ft11.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.64813, -88.05755
Nearest town Romeo, IL

Directions

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Consumers Quarry–Great Lakes Quarry, 5 lakes

10.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 3 hr 36 min

Elevation 579–596 ft

Out & Back · Heritage Quarries Recreation Area

Trailhead: 41.64813, -88.05755

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

  1. Start on Illinois and Michigan Canal Trail, heading N.
  2. 3.5 miBear right, heading E.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  4. 200 ftBear right, heading NE.
  5. 0.5 miPass Consumers Quarry.
  6. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  8. 300 ftPass Icebox Quarry.
  9. 0.4 miPass The Forge Quarry.
  10. 50 ftPass Great Lakes Quarry.
  11. 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
  12. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  13. 0.2 miReach Consumers Quarry, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  16. 0.9 miTurn right, heading W.
  17. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  18. 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
  19. 200 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  20. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  21. 3.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

93% gravel4% dirt3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:39 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.6 mi in (~112 min). Leave by 4:41 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:01 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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