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Deer Run Trail via Kinkaid Lake Trail

8 mi · ▲ 882 ft · 3 hr 6 min

Deer Run Trail via Kinkaid Lake Trail is an 8-mile out-and-back near Crain, IL. It climbs 882 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 71/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi423 – 689 ft8.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: 390a 37.81159, -89.51310
Nearest town Crain, IL
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Deer Run Trail via Kinkaid Lake Trail

8 mi · ▲ 882 ft · 3 hr 6 min

Elevation 423–688 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 390a · 37.81159, -89.51310

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:45 AM · sunset 7:00 PM

  1. Start on 390a, heading N.
  2. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Waterfall Trail, heading E.
  3. 0.6 miTurn left onto Kinkaid Lake Trail, heading N.
  4. 1.7 miBear left onto 399, heading N.
  5. 0.1 miTurn right onto Deer Run Trail, heading N.
  6. 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
  7. 0.5 miReach Deer Run Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  9. 0.5 miTurn left onto 399, heading SE.
  10. 0.1 miBear right onto Kinkaid Lake Trail, heading E.
  11. 1.7 miBear left, heading SE.
  12. 250 ftBear right, heading E.
  13. 150 ftTurn right onto Waterfall Trail, heading SE.
  14. 0.6 miContinue straight onto 390a, heading SE.
  15. 0.6 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/deer-run-trail-out-back-13-km-b910

Trail surface

95% dirt5% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:45 AMSunset 7:00 PM

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