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Camp Shabbona Woods

Green Lake via Pennsy Greenway

4.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 38 min

Green Lake via Pennsy Greenway is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Camp Shabbona Woods near Lansing, IL. The route reaches Green Lake at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. 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 mi584 – 610 ft5.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Pennsy Greenway 41.56989, -87.53949
Nearest town Lansing, IL
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Green Lake via Pennsy Greenway

4.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 38 min

Elevation 585–610 ft

Out & Back · Camp Shabbona Woods

Trailhead: Pennsy Greenway · 41.56989, -87.53949

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 6:51 PM

Bikes allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Pennsy Greenway, heading NW.
  2. 2.5 miTurn left onto Burnham Greenway Red Paved Trail, heading W.
  3. 0.1 miReach Green Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right onto Pennsy Greenway, heading S.
  5. 2.2 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/green-lake-out-back-8-km

Trail surface

99% paved1% boardwalk

Weather

Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 6:51 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~16 min). Leave by 6:15 PM for the 6:51 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:22 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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