Quail Pond–Deer Pond, 4 sights is an 8.5-mile out-and-back in Giant City State Park near Water Valley, IL. The route passes Deer Pond and Quail Pond. It climbs 907 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 68/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi440 – 797 ft · steepest grade: 18%8.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Red Cedar Trail 37.58300, -89.17952
Nearest town Water Valley, IL
Directions
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Quail Pond–Deer Pond, 4 sights
8.5 mi · ▲ 907 ft · 3 hr 17 min
Elevation 439–797 ft
Out & Back · Giant City State Park
Trailhead: Red Cedar Trail · 37.58300, -89.17952
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:44 AM · sunset 6:58 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Red Cedar Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miPass Deer Pond.
- 50 ftSharp left onto River to River Trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 miPass Quail Pond.
- 1.8 miTurn left onto Red Cedar Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto River to River Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miReach Quail Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Red Cedar Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto River to River Trail, heading SW.
- 2.6 miSharp right onto Red Cedar Trail, heading NE.
- 0.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:44 AMSunset 6:58 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Red Cedar Trail Trailhead
- Deer Pond–Allen Pond, 4 lakes 3.5 mi · ▲ 203 ft
- Little Grassy Lake–Deer Pond, 5 lakes 5.4 mi · ▲ 371 ft
- Quail Pond–Horse Campground Pond, 4 lakes 3.7 mi · ▲ 421 ft
- Quail Pond–Deer Pond, 3 lakes 3.6 mi · ▲ 319 ft
- Turkey Pond–Deer Pond, 4 lakes 4.3 mi · ▲ 258 ft
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