Lake Carleton & Lake Harriet
5.8 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 1 hr 57 min
Lake Carleton & Lake Harriet is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in Hawthorne Hill Woods near Bayberry Ridge, IL. The route passes Lake Harriet before reaching Lake Carleton at the turnaround, 2.9 miles in. It is mostly level, with 26 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Lake Carleton & Lake Harriet
5.8 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 1 hr 57 min
Elevation 711–778 ft
Out & Back · Hawthorne Hill Woods
Trailhead: 41.72878, -88.02401
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.7 miPass Lake Harriet.
- 500 ftPass Lake Carleton.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 300 ftReach Lake Carleton, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 250 ftBear right, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 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 surface
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~25 min). Leave by 6:08 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:33 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Valley Trail (1.0 mi) & West Branch DuPage River Trail via Southern Dupage Regional Trail 16 mi · ▲ 298 ft
- Main Trail 10.3 mi · ▲ 79 ft
- Main Trail 6.9 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- Main Trail 7.1 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- Hawthorne Hill Woods Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 26 ft
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