Liberty Lake & Old School Blue Loop via North Shore Bike Path
3.7 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 16 min
Liberty Lake & Old School Blue Loop via North Shore Bike Path is a 3.7-mile out-and-back near Rondout, IL. The route reaches Liberty Lake at the turnaround, 1.8 miles in. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Liberty Lake & Old School Blue Loop via North Shore Bike Path
3.7 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 16 min
Elevation 645–714 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 42.27120, -87.91505
Weather Sep 22: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Old School Blue Loop, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Old School Forest Preserve, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn left onto North Shore Bike Path, heading N.
- 1.3 miReach Liberty Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.3 miTurn right onto Old School Forest Preserve, heading E.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Old School Blue Loop, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~17 min). Leave by 6:14 PM for the 6:51 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:23 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Old School Blue Loop–Old School Yellow Trail, 4 sights 10.8 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Patton Pond–Jean and John Greene Nature Preserve Beach, 4 beaches 16 mi · ▲ 81 ft
- Old School Blue Loop & Old School Pink Loop 3.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Old School Pink Loop 3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Old School Yellow Trail Loop 2.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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