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Jubilee College State Park

Jubilee

3.7 mi · ▲ 381 ft · 1 hr 25 min

Jubilee is a 3.7-mile out-and-back in Jubilee College State Park near Kickapoo, IL. It climbs 381 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 69/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi574 – 666 ft · steepest grade: 17%3.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Jubilee 40.84281, -89.80400
Nearest town Kickapoo, IL
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Jubilee

3.7 mi · ▲ 381 ft · 1 hr 25 min

Elevation 574–666 ft

Out & Back · Jubilee College State Park

Trailhead: Jubilee · 40.84281, -89.80400

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:45 AM · sunset 7:02 PM

  1. Start on Jubilee, heading S.
  2. 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
  3. 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
  4. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  5. 1.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  6. 1.3 miBear right, heading N.
  7. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/jubilee-out-back-6-km-a493

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:45 AMSunset 7:02 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:42 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:02 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:29 PM.

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