Kickapoo State Recreation Area

Kickapoo State Park Lake–High Lake, 4 lakes

6 mi · ▲ 204 ft · 2 hr 6 min

Kickapoo State Park Lake–High Lake, 4 lakes is a 6-mile out-and-back in Kickapoo State Recreation Area near Belgium Row, IL. The route passes High Lake, Clear Lake, Kickapoo State Park Lake and Kickapoo State Park Lake. It is mostly level, with 204 ft of elevation gain. It scores 55/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi571 – 692 ft6.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.14457, -87.73010
Nearest town Belgium Row, IL

Directions

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Kickapoo State Park Lake–High Lake, 4 lakes

6 mi · ▲ 204 ft · 2 hr 6 min

Elevation 573–692 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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftPass High Lake.
  3. 50 ftPass Clear Lake.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  5. 0.4 miTurn right onto Out and Back Trail, heading N.
  6. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  7. 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
  8. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  9. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  10. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  12. 0.6 miPass Kickapoo State Park Lake.
  13. 0.3 miPass Kickapoo State Park Lake.
  14. 0.3 miSharp right, heading NE.
  15. 0.5 miSharp left, heading E.
  16. 100 ftReach Kickapoo State Park Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 50 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  18. 0.5 miSharp left, heading W.
  19. 1.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  20. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  21. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
  22. 250 ftBear right, heading SE.
  23. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  24. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  25. 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
  26. 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  27. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

16% grass84% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:38 AMSunset 6:51 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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