McDonald Woods Lake via Millennium Trail
13 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 4 hr 22 min
McDonald Woods Lake via Millennium Trail is a 13-mile out-and-back in Fourth Lake Forest Preserve near Lambs Corners, IL. The route reaches McDonald Woods Lake at the turnaround, 6.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 55 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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McDonald Woods Lake via Millennium Trail
13 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 4 hr 22 min
Elevation 751–799 ft
Out & Back · Fourth Lake Forest Preserve
Trailhead: 42.37827, -87.96475
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Millennium Trail, heading N.
- 2.9 miTurn left, heading N.
- 1 miReach McDonald Woods Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miBear right, heading E.
- 2.9 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.8 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 4.9 mi in (~122 min). Leave by 4:31 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:09 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Millennium Trail 13.2 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Millennium Trail 13.3 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Central Marsh–Millenium Trail, 3 sights 11 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Highland Lake–Cherry Lake, 3 lakes 13.6 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Millennium Trail 6.3 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Millennium Trail 6.5 mi · ▲ 27 ft
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