1. Start on North Shore Bike Path, heading E.
2. 1.5 miBear right, heading E.
3. 100 ftBear right onto Robert McClory Bike Path, heading E.
4. 4.3 miContinue straight onto Hutchinson Trail, heading SE.
5. 0.2 miTurn left onto Fort Sheridan Grass Trail, heading SE.
6. 0.1 miTurn right onto Fort Sheridan Birding Trail Loop, heading S.
7. 0.1 miPass Patton Pond.
8. 50 ftPass Jean and John Greene Nature Preserve Beach.
9. 50 ftPass Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve Beach.
10. 0.2 miTurn right onto Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve Trail, heading N.
11. 250 ftContinue straight onto Gilgare Lane, heading NE.
12. 100 ftPass Hutchinson Viewpoint.
13. 200 ftContinue straight onto Lake Overlook Trail, heading E.
14. 250 ftTurn right onto Fort Sheridan Grass Trail, heading NE.
15. 250 ftPass Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve Viewpoint.
16. 50 ftPass Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve Beach.
17. 300 ftBear right onto Hutchinson Trail, heading NE.
18. 100 ftBear right, heading NE.
19. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
20. 0.1 miReach Hutchinson Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
21. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
22. 150 ftBear left onto Fort Sheridan Grass Trail, heading NE.
23. 0.1 miTurn left onto Lake Overlook Trail, heading E.
24. 500 ftContinue straight onto Gilgare Lane, heading SE.
25. 100 ftContinue straight onto Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve Trail, heading SE.
26. 250 ftTurn left onto Fort Sheridan Birding Trail Loop, heading SE.
27. 0.3 miTurn left onto Fort Sheridan Grass Trail, heading NW.
28. 0.1 miTurn right onto Hutchinson Trail, heading S.
29. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Robert McClory Bike Path, heading W.
30. 4.3 miBear left onto North Shore Bike Path, heading N.
31. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
32. 1.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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