Kettle View Trail
1.9 mi · ▲ 85 ft · 41 min
Kettle View Trail is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in Veteran Acres Park near Crystal Lake, IL. It is mostly level, with 85 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Kettle View Trail
1.9 mi · ▲ 85 ft · 41 min
Elevation 880–933 ft
Out & Back · Veteran Acres Park
Trailhead: 42.24826, -88.32062
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:56 PM
Transit-accessible: Crystal Lake stop 523 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Prairie View Trail, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Moraine View Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto McHenry County Prairie Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Kettle View Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 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 0.2 mi in (~5 min). Leave by 6:31 PM for the 6:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:16 PM — 8 min before dark.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Crystal Lake stop 523 m from the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Prairie View Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Prairie View Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Kettle View Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 85 ft
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