Big Bend Lake Preserve;Big Bend Lake
Lions Woods & Des Plaines River Trail Yellow Unpaved
3.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 10 min
Lions Woods & Des Plaines River Trail Yellow Unpaved is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Big Bend Lake Preserve;Big Bend Lake near Des Plaines, IL. The route reaches Lions Woods at the turnaround, 1.7 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Lions Woods & Des Plaines River Trail Yellow Unpaved
3.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 10 min
Elevation 626–640 ft
Out & Back · Big Bend Lake Preserve;Big Bend Lake
Trailhead: Des Plaines River Trail Yellow Unpaved · 42.04415, -87.87451
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Transit-accessible: Miner & Garland stop 556 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Des Plaines River Trail Yellow Unpaved, heading N.
- 1.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.6 miReach Lions Woods, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.7 miArrive 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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Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Miner & Garland stop 556 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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