Big Bend Lake Preserve;Big Bend Lake
Rand Road Bikeway
2.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 50 min
Rand Road Bikeway is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Big Bend Lake Preserve;Big Bend Lake near Des Plaines, IL. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Rand Road Bikeway
2.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 50 min
Elevation 623–645 ft
Out & Back · Big Bend Lake Preserve;Big Bend Lake
Trailhead: Des Plaines River Trail Yellow Unpaved · 42.04415, -87.87451
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Transit-accessible: Miner & Garland stop 556 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Des Plaines River Trail Yellow Unpaved, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Rand Road & Evanston - Elgin Bikeway, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Rand Road Bikeway, heading N.
- 0.8 miReach Rand Road Bikeway, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Rand Road & Evanston - Elgin Bikeway, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Des Plaines River Trail Yellow Paved, heading SE.
- 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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Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Miner & Garland stop 556 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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