Moraine View Viewpoint & Moraine View Trail Loop
2.5 mi · ▲ 170 ft · 55 min
Moraine View Viewpoint & Moraine View Trail Loop is a 2.5-mile loop in Sterne's Woods Park near Crystal Lake, IL. The route reaches Moraine View Viewpoint. It is mostly level, with 170 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Moraine View Viewpoint & Moraine View Trail Loop
2.5 mi · ▲ 170 ft · 55 min
Elevation 874–934 ft
Loop · Sterne's Woods Park
Trailhead: 42.25485, -88.32074
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:56 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Prairie View Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 200 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Moraine View Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto McHenry County Prairie Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Moraine View Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miPass Moraine View Viewpoint.
- 150 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 100 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftThe loop closes 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 0.0 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 6:35 PM for the 6:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:12 PM — 12 min before dark.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Moraine View Viewpoint & Moraine View Trail Loop 2.1 mi · ▲ 167 ft
- Moraine View Trail Loop 2 mi · ▲ 208 ft
- Moraine View Trail Loop 2 mi · ▲ 179 ft
- Moraine View Trail Loop 2.1 mi · ▲ 175 ft
- Moraine View Trail Loop 2 mi · ▲ 179 ft
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