Deer Grove Lake & Deer Grove - West Blue Unpaved Trail via Palatine Bike Trail
8.4 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 2 hr 50 min
Deer Grove Lake & Deer Grove - West Blue Unpaved Trail via Palatine Bike Trail is an 8.4-mile out-and-back in Deer Grove Forest Preserve near Staples Corner, IL. The route reaches Deer Grove Lake at the turnaround, 4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 81 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Deer Grove Lake & Deer Grove - West Blue Unpaved Trail via Palatine Bike Trail
8.4 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 2 hr 50 min
Elevation 724–805 ft
Out & Back · Deer Grove Forest Preserve
Trailhead: Palatine Bike Trail · 42.12489, -88.01815
Weather Sep 22: Overcast, high 60°F / low 56° · precip 12% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Palatine Bike Trail, heading W.
- 3.6 miContinue straight onto Deer Grove - West Blue Unpaved Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Yellow Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 100 ftPass Deer Grove Lake.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftReach Deer Grove Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Deer Grove - West Blue Unpaved Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Deer Grove Paved Trail, heading SE.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Palatine Bike Trail, heading S.
- 2.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~22 min). Leave by 6:10 PM for the 6:51 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:27 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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