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

  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. 0.5 miSharp right onto Gum Ridge, heading SW.
  7. 0.1 miBear right onto Watering Hole (Johnson Creek), heading SW.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Gum Ridge, heading SW.
  9. 0.3 miReach Deer Run Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Watering Hole (Johnson Creek), heading NE.
  11. 50 ftBear left onto Gum Ridge, heading NE.
  12. 0.1 miSharp left onto Deer Run Trail, heading SW.
  13. 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  14. 0.5 miTurn left onto 399, heading SE.
  15. 0.1 miBear right onto Kinkaid Lake Trail, heading E.
  16. 1.7 miBear left, heading S.
  17. 250 ftBear right, heading SE.
  18. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

94% dirt6% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:45 AMSunset 7:00 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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