Minear Lake & Minear Lake Beach via Des Plaines River Trail
3.6 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 13 min
Minear Lake & Minear Lake Beach via Des Plaines River Trail is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Adler Memorial Park near Libertyville, IL. The route passes Minear Lake Beach and Minear Lake. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Minear Lake & Minear Lake Beach via Des Plaines River Trail
3.6 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 13 min
Elevation 646–692 ft
Out & Back · Adler Memorial Park
Trailhead: 42.30075, -87.95471
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Transit-accessible: Winchester & Milwaukee stop 689 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Des Plaines River Trail, heading SE.
- 1.2 miPass Minear Lake Beach.
- 50 ftPass Minear Lake.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.1 miReach Minear Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.6 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.2 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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Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Transit-accessible: Winchester & Milwaukee stop 689 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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