1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
2. 50 ftTurn left onto Robert McClory Bike Path, heading S.
3. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
4. 4.4 miContinue straight onto Hutchinson Trail, heading SE.
5. 0.2 miTurn left onto Fort Sheridan Grass Trail, heading S.
6. 0.1 miTurn right onto Fort Sheridan Birding Trail Loop, heading E.
7. 0.2 miPass Patton Pond.
8. 50 ftPass Jean and John Greene Nature Preserve Beach.
9. 50 ftPass Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve Beach.
10. 0.1 miTurn right onto Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve Trail, heading NE.
11. 300 ftContinue straight onto Gilgare Lane, heading NE.
12. 250 ftContinue straight onto Lake Overlook Trail, heading N.
13. 300 ftTurn right onto Fort Sheridan Grass Trail, heading NE.
14. 0.1 miBear right onto Hutchinson Trail, heading S.
15. 100 ftReach Hutchinson Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
16. 100 ftBear left onto Fort Sheridan Grass Trail, heading E.
17. 0.1 miTurn left onto Lake Overlook Trail, heading E.
18. 450 ftContinue straight onto Gilgare Lane, heading E.
19. 150 ftContinue straight onto Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve Trail, heading NE.
20. 250 ftTurn left onto Fort Sheridan Birding Trail Loop, heading N.
21. 0.3 miTurn left onto Fort Sheridan Grass Trail, heading SW.
22. 0.1 miTurn right onto Hutchinson Trail, heading W.
23. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Robert McClory Bike Path, heading N.
24. 4.4 miTurn left, heading N.
25. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
26. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/hutchinson-viewpoint-hutchinson-viewpoint-out-back-10-beaches