Deer Run Trail & Watering Hole (Johnson Creek) via Kinkaid Lake Trail
6.5 mi · ▲ 733 ft · 2 hr 32 min
Deer Run Trail & Watering Hole (Johnson Creek) via Kinkaid Lake Trail is a 6.5-mile out-and-back near Crain, IL. It climbs 733 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 66/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi423 – 627 ft7.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Kinkaid Lake Trail 37.81699, -89.49881
Nearest town Crain, IL
Directions
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Deer Run Trail & Watering Hole (Johnson Creek) via Kinkaid Lake Trail
6.5 mi · ▲ 733 ft · 2 hr 32 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
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 100 ftBear left onto Kinkaid Lake Trail, heading NE.
- 1.7 miBear left onto 399, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Deer Run Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Gum Ridge, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Watering Hole (Johnson Creek), heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Gum Ridge, heading SW.
- 0.3 miReach Deer Run Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Watering Hole (Johnson Creek), heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Gum Ridge, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Deer Run Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto 399, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Kinkaid Lake Trail, heading E.
- 1.7 miBear left, heading S.
- 250 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 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 surface
94% dirt6% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:45 AMSunset 7:00 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Kinkaid Lake Trail Trailhead
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- Waterfall Trail via Kinkaid Lake Trail 6.1 mi · ▲ 1,030 ft
- Kinkaid Lake Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 389 ft
- Kinkaid Lake Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 359 ft
- Deer Run Trail via Kinkaid Lake Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 557 ft
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