Millennium Trail
12.6 mi · ▲ 107 ft · 4 hr 15 min
Millennium Trail is a 12.6-mile out-and-back in Fourth Lake Forest Preserve near Druce Lake, IL. It is mostly level, with 107 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Millennium Trail
12.6 mi · ▲ 107 ft · 4 hr 15 min
Elevation 758–799 ft
Out & Back · Fourth Lake Forest Preserve
Trailhead: 42.37218, -87.98361
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.8 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Millennium Trail, heading NW.
- 2.9 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.5 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 2.9 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.9 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.6 mi in (~112 min). Leave by 4:40 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:00 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- McDonald Woods Lake & McDonald Woods Lake Trail via Millennium Trail 13.7 mi · ▲ 161 ft
- Jones Island Beach–Molly's Pond, 3 beaches 12.4 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Millennium Trail 5.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Central Marsh via Millennium Trail 6.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Fourth Lake via Millennium Trail 7.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Third Lake via Millennium Trail 5.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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