Gun Club Lake & Old Plank Road Trail
9 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 3 hr 2 min
Gun Club Lake & Old Plank Road Trail is a 9-mile out-and-back in Hickory Creek Preserve near Lincolnwood Hills, IL. The route reaches Gun Club Lake. It is mostly level, with 53 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Gun Club Lake & Old Plank Road Trail
9 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 3 hr 2 min
Elevation 682–771 ft
Out & Back · Hickory Creek Preserve
Trailhead: 116th Street Bikeway · 41.48714, -87.89742
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on 116th Street Bikeway, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Old Plank Road Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Hickory Creek Bikeway, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear right onto Old Plank Road Trail, heading W.
- 3 miReach Gun Club Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
- 350 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 1 miBear right onto Hickory Creek Bikeway, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.7 miPass Gun Club Lake.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Old Plank Road Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto 116th Street Bikeway, heading S.
- 0.5 miArrive 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.5 mi in (~86 min). Leave by 5:06 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:34 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from 116th Street Bikeway Trailhead
- Old Plank Road Trail 2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Old Plank Road Trail 8.3 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- 116th Street Bikeway 2.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Old Plank Road Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Steger Road Bikeway via 116th Street Bikeway 3.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- 116th Street Bikeway 2.4 mi · ▲ 28 ft
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