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Kinkaid Lake & Buttermilk Trail via Kinkaid Lake Trail

14.8 mi · ▲ 875 ft · 5 hr 22 min

Kinkaid Lake & Buttermilk Trail via Kinkaid Lake Trail is a 14.8-mile out-and-back near Crain, IL. The route reaches Kinkaid Lake. It climbs 875 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 89/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi423 – 725 ft15.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Kinkaid Lake Trail 37.81699, -89.49881
Nearest town Crain, IL
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Kinkaid Lake & Buttermilk Trail via Kinkaid Lake Trail

14.8 mi · ▲ 875 ft · 5 hr 22 min

Elevation 423–726 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Kinkaid Lake Trail · 37.81699, -89.49881

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:45 AM · sunset 7:00 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Kinkaid Lake Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.2 miPass Kinkaid Lake.
  3. 6.4 miTurn right onto Buttermilk Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.8 miReach Kinkaid Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.8 miTurn left onto Kinkaid Lake Trail, heading SE.
  6. 300 ftBear right, heading NW.
  7. 6.5 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/kinkaid-lake-buttermilk-trail-out-back-24-km

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:45 AMSunset 7:00 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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