Millennium Sunset Point & Banana Lake via Millennium Trail
15.5 mi · ▲ 135 ft · 5 hr 14 min
Millennium Sunset Point & Banana Lake via Millennium Trail is a 15.5-mile out-and-back in Singing Hills Forest Preseve near Volo, IL. The route passes Millennium Sunset Point before reaching Banana Lake at the turnaround, 7.7 miles in. It is mostly level, with 135 ft of elevation gain. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Millennium Sunset Point & Banana Lake via Millennium Trail
15.5 mi · ▲ 135 ft · 5 hr 14 min
Elevation 776–869 ft
Out & Back · Singing Hills Forest Preseve
Trailhead: Millennium Trail · 42.31974, -88.14542
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Millennium Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
- 6.8 miPass Millennium Sunset Point.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miPass Banana Lake.
- 0.2 miReach Millennium Sunset Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 7.6 miBear right, heading N.
- 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 1.3 mi in (~32 min). Leave by 6:02 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:40 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Millennium Trail Trailhead
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