Millennium Sunset Point & Banana Lake via Millennium Trail
2.4 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 49 min
Millennium Sunset Point & Banana Lake via Millennium Trail is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in Lakewood Forest Preserve near Wauconda, IL. The route passes Millennium Sunset Point before reaching Banana Lake at the turnaround, 1.2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 26 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Millennium Sunset Point & Banana Lake via Millennium Trail
2.4 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 49 min
Elevation 796–869 ft
Out & Back · Lakewood Forest Preserve
Trailhead: 42.26379, -88.11995
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Millennium Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Millennium Sunset Point.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.4 miPass Banana Lake.
- 150 ftReach Millennium Sunset Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~11 min). Leave by 6:23 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:19 PM — 2 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
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