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Bald Knob Wilderness

Lead Mine Trail & Lyerla Chapel Trail via Hutchins Creek Trail

5.3 mi · ▲ 1,007 ft · 2 hr 16 min

Lead Mine Trail & Lyerla Chapel Trail via Hutchins Creek Trail is a 5.3-mile out-and-back in Bald Knob Wilderness near Alto Pass, IL. It climbs 1,007 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi489 – 771 ft · steepest grade: 29%5.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Lyerla Chapel Trail 37.57236, -89.36035
Nearest town Alto Pass, IL
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Lead Mine Trail & Lyerla Chapel Trail via Hutchins Creek Trail

5.3 mi · ▲ 1,007 ft · 2 hr 16 min

Elevation 488–771 ft

Out & Back · Bald Knob Wilderness

Trailhead: Lyerla Chapel Trail · 37.57236, -89.36035

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:44 AM · sunset 6:59 PM

  1. Start on Lyerla Chapel Trail, heading N.
  2. 1.6 miTurn right onto Lead Mine Trail, heading NW.
  3. 1.1 miReach Lyerla Chapel Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 1.1 miTurn left onto Lyerla Chapel Trail, heading NE.
  5. 1.5 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/lead-mine-trail-lyerla-chapel-trail-out-back-9-km

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:44 AMSunset 6:59 PM

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