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McKinley Wood Forest Preserve

Dresden Island Pool & Illinois & Michigan Viewpoint via Illinois & Michigan Trail

5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Dresden Island Pool & Illinois & Michigan Viewpoint via Illinois & Michigan Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back in McKinley Wood Forest Preserve near Divine, IL. The route passes Dresden Island Pool before reaching Illinois & Michigan Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi509 – 515 ft5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Illinois & Michigan Trail 41.40205, -88.28030
Nearest town Divine, IL
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Dresden Island Pool & Illinois & Michigan Viewpoint via Illinois & Michigan Trail

5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Elevation 507–516 ft

Out & Back · McKinley Wood Forest Preserve

Trailhead: Illinois & Michigan Trail · 41.40205, -88.28030

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 6:54 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Illinois & Michigan Trail, heading E.
  2. 50 ftPass Dresden Island Pool.
  3. 2.5 miPass Illinois & Michigan Viewpoint.
  4. 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  5. 50 ftReach Dresden Island Pool, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 2.5 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/dresden-island-pool-illinois-michigan-viewpoint-out-back-3-viewpoints

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 6:54 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~20 min). Leave by 6:13 PM for the 6:54 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:29 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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