Ida Lake via Yellow Unpaved Trail
2.9 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 1 hr
Ida Lake via Yellow Unpaved Trail is a 2.9-mile out-and-back in Arie Crown Forest near Countryside, IL. The route reaches Ida Lake at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. 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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Ida Lake via Yellow Unpaved Trail
2.9 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 1 hr
Elevation 644–693 ft
Out & Back · Arie Crown Forest
Trailhead: 41.78781, -87.87807
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Transit-accessible: La Grange & 56th Street stop 784 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Orange Unpaved Trail, heading S.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Yellow Unpaved Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Red Unpaved Spur Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftReach Ida Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Yellow Unpaved Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Orange Unpaved Trail, heading E.
- 1.1 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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Good to know
- Transit-accessible: La Grange & 56th Street stop 784 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Yellow Unpaved Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Yellow Unpaved Trail 3 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Black Unpaved Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Yellow Unpaved Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 81 ft
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