Kickapoo State Park Lake–Inland Sea, 3 lakes is a 5.3-mile out-and-back in Kickapoo State Recreation Area near Belgium Row, IL. The route passes Inland Sea, Kickapoo State Park Lake and Kickapoo State Park Lake. It is mostly level, with 202 ft of elevation gain. It scores 54/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi564 – 692 ft5.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.14863, -87.73551
Nearest town Belgium Row, IL
Directions
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Kickapoo State Park Lake–Inland Sea, 3 lakes
5.3 mi · ▲ 202 ft · 1 hr 52 min
Elevation 563–692 ft
Out & Back · Kickapoo State Recreation Area
Trailhead: 40.14863, -87.73551
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Inland Sea.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Out and Back Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.6 miPass Kickapoo State Park Lake.
- 0.3 miPass Kickapoo State Park Lake.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading S.
- 50 ftReach Kickapoo State Park Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading W.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
6% grass94% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:38 AMSunset 6:52 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Kickapoo State Park Lake–Inland Sea, 4 sights 4.3 mi · ▲ 203 ft
- Long Lake–High Lake, 4 lakes 2.7 mi · ▲ 80 ft
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