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Kinkaid Lake & Kinkaid Lake Trail

6.9 mi · ▲ 263 ft · 2 hr 26 min

Kinkaid Lake & Kinkaid Lake Trail is a 6.9-mile out-and-back near Grimsby, IL. The route reaches Kinkaid Lake. It climbs 263 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 69/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi361 – 499 ft6.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Kinkaid Lake Trail 37.77543, -89.45393
Nearest town Grimsby, IL
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Kinkaid Lake & Kinkaid Lake Trail

6.9 mi · ▲ 263 ft · 2 hr 26 min

Elevation 361–500 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Kinkaid Lake Trail · 37.77543, -89.45393

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Kinkaid Lake Trail, heading N.
  2. 1.2 miPass Kinkaid Lake.
  3. 2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  4. 0.3 miReach Kinkaid Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 3.4 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-kinkaid-lake-trail-out-back-11-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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