Long Lake via Chain O'Lakes Bike Path
1.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 38 min
Long Lake via Chain O'Lakes Bike Path is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in Grant Woods Forest Preserve near Round Lake Heights, IL. The route reaches Long Lake at the turnaround, 0.9 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Long Lake via Chain O'Lakes Bike Path
1.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 38 min
Elevation 744–769 ft
Out & Back · Grant Woods Forest Preserve
Trailhead: 42.38725, -88.11329
Weather Sep 22: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Chain O'Lakes Bike Path, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftReach Long Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.6 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:32 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:52 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:20 PM.
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
More from this trailhead
- Chain O'Lakes Bike Path 4.9 mi · ▲ 81 ft
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