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Legion Park

Gateway Plaza Fountain & North Shore Channel Trail

3.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 8 min

Gateway Plaza Fountain & North Shore Channel Trail is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Legion Park near North Park, IL. The route reaches Gateway Plaza Fountain. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi577 – 597 ft4.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.98480, -87.70620
Nearest town North Park, IL
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Gateway Plaza Fountain & North Shore Channel Trail

3.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 8 min

Elevation 576–598 ft

Out & Back · Legion Park

Trailhead: 41.98480, -87.70620

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 6:52 PM

Transit-accessible: Lincoln & Sacramento stop 424 m from the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  4. 0.1 miContinue straight onto North Shore Channel Trail, heading N.
  5. 350 ftBear right, heading N.
  6. 50 ftPass Gateway Plaza Fountain.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  9. 350 ftBear right, heading N.
  10. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  11. 1.1 miReach Gateway Plaza Fountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 1.5 miBear left, heading S.
  13. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  14. 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  16. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  17. 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
  18. 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/gateway-plaza-fountain-gateway-plaza-fountain-out-back-3-lakes-6-km

Trail surface

87% paved13% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:38 AMSunset 6:52 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Lincoln & Sacramento stop 424 m from the trailhead

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