AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Kinkaid Lake Trail

3.6 mi · ▲ 389 ft · 1 hr 24 min

Kinkaid Lake Trail is a 3.6-mile out-and-back near Crain, IL. It climbs 389 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 73/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi453 – 627 ft4.2 mi

Getting there

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

3.6 mi · ▲ 389 ft · 1 hr 24 min

Elevation 453–625 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 at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 100 ftBear left onto Kinkaid Lake Trail, heading NE.
  3. 1.7 miBear left onto 399, heading N.
  4. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  5. 0.1 miBear right onto Kinkaid Lake Trail, heading W.
  6. 1.7 miBear left, heading S.
  7. 200 ftBear right, heading S.
  8. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/kinkaid-lake-trail-out-back-6-km

Trail surface

90% dirt10% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:45 AMSunset 7:00 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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