Lead Mine Trail & Lyerla Chapel Trail
4.3 mi · ▲ 673 ft · 1 hr 46 min
Lead Mine Trail & Lyerla Chapel Trail is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in Bald Knob Wilderness near Alto Pass, IL. It climbs 673 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi577 – 771 ft · steepest grade: 17%4.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Lyerla Chapel Trail 37.57236, -89.36035
Nearest town Alto Pass, IL
Directions
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Lead Mine Trail & Lyerla Chapel Trail
4.3 mi · ▲ 673 ft · 1 hr 46 min
Elevation 577–771 ft
Out & Back · Bald Knob Wilderness
Trailhead: Lyerla Chapel Trail · 37.57236, -89.36035
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:45 AM · sunset 6:58 PM
- Start on Lyerla Chapel Trail, heading N.
- 1.6 miTurn right onto Lead Mine Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miReach Lyerla Chapel Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Lyerla Chapel Trail, heading NE.
- 1.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:45 AMSunset 6:58 PM
More from Lyerla Chapel Trail Trailhead
- Bridgeman Trail–Hutchins Creek Trail, 3 sights 7.3 mi · ▲ 1,036 ft
- Lead Mine Trail & Lyerla Chapel Trail via Hutchins Creek Trail 5.3 mi · ▲ 1,007 ft
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