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Petersen Park

McCullom Lake & Petersen Park Beach via McHenry County Prairie Trail

4.7 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 1 hr 36 min

McCullom Lake & Petersen Park Beach via McHenry County Prairie Trail is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Petersen Park near Ringwood, IL. The route passes McCullom Lake before reaching Petersen Park Beach at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 81 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi758 – 840 ft4.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: McHenry County Prairie Trail 42.39130, -88.29460
Nearest town Ringwood, IL
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McCullom Lake & Petersen Park Beach via McHenry County Prairie Trail

4.7 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 1 hr 36 min

Elevation 757–839 ft

Out & Back · Petersen Park

Trailhead: McHenry County Prairie Trail · 42.39130, -88.29460

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:56 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on McHenry County Prairie Trail, heading SE.
  2. 2.2 miPass McCullom Lake.
  3. 50 ftPass Petersen Park Beach.
  4. 0.2 miReach McCullom Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 2.3 miArrive 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/mccullom-lake-petersen-park-beach-out-back-3-beaches-8-km

Trail surface

95% paved2% dirt3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:39 AMSunset 6:56 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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