Hickory Creek Preserve

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.

Elevation

0 mi682 – 771 ft9.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: 116th Street Bikeway 41.48714, -87.89742
Nearest town Lincolnwood Hills, IL

Directions

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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

  1. Start on 116th Street Bikeway, heading N.
  2. 0.8 miTurn left onto Old Plank Road Trail, heading W.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right onto Hickory Creek Bikeway, heading NW.
  4. 150 ftBear right onto Old Plank Road Trail, heading W.
  5. 3 miReach Gun Club Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.8 miSharp left, heading SE.
  7. 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
  8. 350 ftSharp left, heading E.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  10. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  11. 1 miBear right onto Hickory Creek Bikeway, heading E.
  12. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  13. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  14. 0.7 miPass Gun Club Lake.
  15. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  16. 0.5 miTurn left onto Old Plank Road Trail, heading S.
  17. 0.2 miTurn right onto 116th Street Bikeway, heading S.
  18. 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.

Trail surface

71% paved1% gravel28% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:39 AMSunset 6:52 PM

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.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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