North Shore Bike Path
8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 40 min
North Shore Bike Path is an 8-mile out-and-back near Lake Bluff, IL. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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North Shore Bike Path
8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 40 min
Elevation 663–710 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 42.27394, -87.84565
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Transit-accessible: Lake Bluff stop 658 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Robert McClory Bike Path, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left onto North Shore Bike Path, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 2 miTurn left onto Middlefork Greenway, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto North Shore Bike Path, heading W.
- 1.4 miTurn left onto Old School Forest Preserve, heading W.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Old School Blue Loop, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Old School Forest Preserve, heading SW.
- 400 ftTurn right onto North Shore Bike Path, heading E.
- 1.4 miContinue straight onto Middlefork Greenway, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto North Shore Bike Path, heading E.
- 2 miBear right, heading E.
- 100 ftBear right onto Robert McClory Bike Path, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 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 0.7 mi in (~17 min). Leave by 6:16 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:24 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Lake Bluff stop 658 m from the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Robert McClory Bike Path 7.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Robert McClory Bike Path 7.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Robert McClory Bike Path 7.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Robert McClory Bike Path 7.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- North Shore Bike Path 8.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- North Shore Bike Path 8.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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