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Blackwell Forest Preserve

Mount Hoy–Silver Lake, 4 lakes

3.9 mi · ▲ 219 ft · 1 hr 25 min

Mount Hoy–Silver Lake, 4 lakes is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Blackwell Forest Preserve near Warrenhurst, IL. The route passes McKee Marsh, Silver Lake and Mount Hoy before reaching Sand Pond at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It is mostly level, with 219 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi699 – 833 ft · steepest grade: 25%4.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: DuPage Regional Bike Trail 41.84306, -88.19604
Nearest town Warrenhurst, IL
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Mount Hoy–Silver Lake, 4 lakes

3.9 mi · ▲ 219 ft · 1 hr 25 min

Elevation 698–834 ft

Out & Back · Blackwell Forest Preserve

Trailhead: DuPage Regional Bike Trail · 41.84306, -88.19604

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 6:54 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on DuPage Regional Bike Trail, heading NE.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right onto West Branch DuPage River Trail, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftPass McKee Marsh.
  4. 1.5 miPass Silver Lake.
  5. 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  6. 0.2 miPass Sand Pond.
  7. 0.1 miReach Mount Hoy, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  9. 1.6 miTurn left onto DuPage Regional Bike Trail, heading W.
  10. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/mount-hoy-silver-lake-out-back-5-lakes

Trail surface

70% gravel8% grass1% paved21% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 6:54 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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