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Kelly Detention Basin & Blackstone Trail Lake via Hershey Road

3.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 6 min

Kelly Detention Basin & Blackstone Trail Lake via Hershey Road is a 3.3-mile out-and-back near Greenbriar, IL. The route passes Blackstone Trail Lake before reaching Kelly Detention Basin at the turnaround, 1.6 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi804 – 817 ft3.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.52517, -88.94266
Nearest town Greenbriar, IL
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Kelly Detention Basin & Blackstone Trail Lake via Hershey Road

3.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 6 min

Elevation 804–818 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.52517, -88.94266

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:43 AM · sunset 6:56 PM

Transit-accessible: Jacobssen & Hershey stop 572 m from the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 50 ftPass Blackstone Trail Lake.
  3. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Hershey Road, heading N.
  4. 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
  5. 1 miReach Kelly Detention Basin, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 1 miTurn right, heading E.
  7. 0.6 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/kelly-detention-basin-blackstone-trail-lake-out-back-3-lakes-5-km

Trail surface

28% paved3% gravel69% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:43 AMSunset 6:56 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:36 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:56 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:24 PM.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Jacobssen & Hershey stop 572 m from the trailhead

Hikes near Greenbriar, Illinois