Long Lake via Chain O' Lakes Bike Path
3 mi · ▲ 83 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Long Lake via Chain O' Lakes Bike Path is a 3-mile out-and-back in Grant Woods Forest Preserve near Ingleside, IL. The route reaches Long Lake at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 83 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Long Lake via Chain O' Lakes Bike Path
3 mi · ▲ 83 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Elevation 737–810 ft
Out & Back · Grant Woods Forest Preserve
Trailhead: Chain O' Lakes Bike Path · 42.38421, -88.15477
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:55 PM
Transit-accessible: Rollins & Monroe (Metra) stop 103 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Chain O' Lakes Bike Path, heading SE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Chain O'Lakes Bike Path, heading E.
- 1.4 miReach Long Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.4 miContinue straight onto Chain O' Lakes Bike Path, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~27 min). Leave by 6:08 PM for the 6:55 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:36 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Rollins & Monroe (Metra) stop 103 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Chain O' Lakes Bike Path Trailhead
- Long Lake & Chain O'Lakes Bike Path 13.4 mi · ▲ 219 ft
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