Millennium Sunset Point & Banana Lake via Millennium Trail
13.6 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 4 hr 34 min
Millennium Sunset Point & Banana Lake via Millennium Trail is a 13.6-mile out-and-back in Lakewood Forest Preserve near Bridlewoods, IL. The route passes Banana Lake and Millennium Sunset Point. It is mostly level, with 80 ft of elevation gain. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Millennium Sunset Point & Banana Lake via Millennium Trail
13.6 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 4 hr 34 min
Elevation 780–880 ft
Out & Back · Lakewood Forest Preserve
Trailhead: Fort Hill Trail · 42.26029, -88.09813
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 6:55 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Fort Hill Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Millennium Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miPass Banana Lake.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.6 miPass Millennium Sunset Point.
- 6 miReach Millennium Sunset Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 6.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Fort Hill Trail, heading NE.
- 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:35 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:55 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:23 PM.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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