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Salt Lick Point Land and Water Reserve

Fountain Water District & Salt Lick Point via Salt Lick Point Trail

5.5 mi · ▲ 823 ft · 2 hr 15 min

Fountain Water District & Salt Lick Point via Salt Lick Point Trail is a 5.5-mile out-and-back in Salt Lick Point Land and Water Reserve near Valmeyer, IL. The route passes Fountain Water District and Salt Lick Point. It climbs 823 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 53/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi413 – 833 ft · steepest grade: 25%5.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 38.29918, -90.30707
Nearest town Valmeyer, IL
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Fountain Water District & Salt Lick Point via Salt Lick Point Trail

5.5 mi · ▲ 823 ft · 2 hr 15 min

Elevation 412–834 ft

Out & Back · Salt Lick Point Land and Water Reserve

Trailhead: 38.29918, -90.30707

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:03 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftPass Fountain Water District.
  3. 1 miBear left, heading N.
  4. 0.7 miTurn right onto Salt Lick Point Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.1 miPass Salt Lick Point.
  6. 0.8 miSharp right, heading SE.
  7. 350 ftReach Fountain Water District, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  9. 0.7 miBear right, heading S.
  10. 1 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/fountain-water-district-fountain-water-district-out-back-5-lakes-9-km-7803

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:03 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.7 mi in (~78 min). Leave by 5:25 PM for the 7:03 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:37 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Valmeyer, Illinois