AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Mattis Lake via Boulware Trail

3.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 6 min

Mattis Lake via Boulware Trail is a 3.3-mile out-and-back near Kenwood, IL. The route reaches Mattis Lake at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi715 – 745 ft4.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.08352, -88.27798
Nearest town Kenwood, IL
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Mattis Lake via Boulware Trail

3.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 6 min

Elevation 716–743 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.08352, -88.27798

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:55 PM

Transit-accessible: Windsor at Christie Clinic stop 33 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  3. 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  5. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  7. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  8. 0.1 miPass Mattis Lake.
  9. 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  10. 0.2 miSharp right, heading W.
  11. 50 ftReach Mattis Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  13. 0.2 miTurn right onto Boulware Trail, heading N.
  14. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  15. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  16. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  17. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  18. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  19. 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
  20. 50 ftArrive 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/mattis-lake-mattis-lake-out-back

Trail surface

99% paved1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:39 AMSunset 6:55 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Windsor at Christie Clinic stop 33 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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