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Deer Run Trail via Kinkaid Lake Trail

4.9 mi · ▲ 557 ft · 1 hr 55 min

Deer Run Trail via Kinkaid Lake Trail is a 4.9-mile out-and-back near Crain, IL. It climbs 557 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 70/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi423 – 627 ft5.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Kinkaid Lake Trail 37.81699, -89.49881
Nearest town Crain, IL
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Deer Run Trail via Kinkaid Lake Trail

4.9 mi · ▲ 557 ft · 1 hr 55 min

Elevation 423–625 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Kinkaid Lake Trail · 37.81699, -89.49881

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 100 ftBear left onto Kinkaid Lake Trail, heading NE.
  3. 1.7 miBear left onto 399, heading N.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right onto Deer Run Trail, heading W.
  5. 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
  6. 0.1 miReach Deer Run Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  8. 0.5 miTurn left onto 399, heading S.
  9. 0.1 miBear right onto Kinkaid Lake Trail, heading E.
  10. 1.7 miBear left, heading E.
  11. 200 ftBear right, heading E.
  12. 50 ftArrive 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-8-km

Trail surface

92% dirt8% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:45 AMSunset 7:00 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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