Gun Club Lake Loop via Old Plank Road Trail
2.3 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 47 min
Gun Club Lake Loop via Old Plank Road Trail is a 2.3-mile loop in Hickory Creek Preserve near Lincolnwood Hills, IL. The route reaches Gun Club Lake. It is mostly level, with 26 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Gun Club Lake Loop via Old Plank Road Trail
2.3 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 47 min
Elevation 698–745 ft
Loop · Hickory Creek Preserve
Trailhead: Old Plank Road Trail · 41.49846, -87.89372
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Old Plank Road Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Hickory Creek Bikeway, heading NW.
- 200 ftReach Gun Club Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miPass Gun Club Lake.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Old Plank Road Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~12 min). Leave by 6:20 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:19 PM — 1 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Old Plank Road Trail Trailhead
- Hickory Creek Bikeway 4.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Steger Road Bikeway via Wolf Road Bikeway 4.7 mi · ▲ 27 ft
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