Rollins Savanna Forest Preserve
Jones Island Beach & Molly's Pond via Millennium Trail
12.7 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 4 hr 15 min
Jones Island Beach & Molly's Pond via Millennium Trail is a 12.7-mile out-and-back in Rollins Savanna Forest Preserve near Lambs Corners, IL. The route passes Molly's Pond before reaching Jones Island Beach at the turnaround, 6.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Jones Island Beach & Molly's Pond via Millennium Trail
12.7 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 4 hr 15 min
Elevation 751–789 ft
Out & Back · Rollins Savanna Forest Preserve
Trailhead: 42.37827, -87.96475
Weather Sep 22: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Millennium Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
- 1 miPass Molly's Pond.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.4 miPass Jones Island Beach.
- 0.2 miReach Jones Island Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 200 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 1.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading E.
- 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.5 mi in (~60 min). Leave by 5:31 PM for the 6:51 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:06 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Millennium Trail 13.2 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Millennium Trail 13.3 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Central Marsh–Millenium Trail, 3 sights 11 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Highland Lake–Cherry Lake, 3 lakes 13.6 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Millennium Trail 6.3 mi · ▲ 27 ft
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