AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Kinkaid Lake Trail

6 mi · ▲ 652 ft · 2 hr 20 min

Kinkaid Lake Trail is a 6-mile out-and-back near Crain, IL. It climbs 652 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 73/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi453 – 689 ft6.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: 390a 37.81159, -89.51310
Nearest town Crain, IL
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Kinkaid Lake Trail

6 mi · ▲ 652 ft · 2 hr 20 min

Elevation 452–688 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 390a · 37.81159, -89.51310

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

  1. Start on 390a, heading N.
  2. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Waterfall Trail, heading E.
  3. 0.6 miTurn left onto Kinkaid Lake Trail, heading N.
  4. 1.7 miBear left onto 399, heading N.
  5. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  6. 0.1 miBear right onto Kinkaid Lake Trail, heading W.
  7. 1.7 miBear left, heading E.
  8. 200 ftBear right, heading S.
  9. 150 ftTurn right onto Waterfall Trail, heading S.
  10. 0.6 miContinue straight onto 390a, heading S.
  11. 0.6 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-trail-out-back-10-km

Trail surface

94% dirt6% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:45 AMSunset 7:00 PM

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