Kickapoo State Recreation Area
Kickapoo State Park Lake–High Lake, 4 lakes
3.8 mi · ▲ 111 ft · 1 hr 19 min
Kickapoo State Park Lake–High Lake, 4 lakes is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Kickapoo State Recreation Area near Belgium Row, IL. The route passes High Lake and Clear Lake before reaching Kickapoo State Park Lake at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It is mostly level, with 111 ft of elevation gain. It scores 55/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Kickapoo State Park Lake–High Lake, 4 lakes
3.8 mi · ▲ 111 ft · 1 hr 19 min
Elevation 573–685 ft
Out & Back · Kickapoo State Recreation Area
Trailhead: 40.14457, -87.73010
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass High Lake.
- 50 ftPass Clear Lake.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Out and Back Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miReach Kickapoo State Park Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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