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Danada Forest Preserve

Rice Lake & Danada-Herrick Lake Regional Trail

2.8 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 57 min

Rice Lake & Danada-Herrick Lake Regional Trail is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in Danada Forest Preserve near Foxcroft, IL. The route reaches Rice Lake. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi725 – 774 ft3.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Danada-Herrick Lake Regional Trail 41.82893, -88.09362
Nearest town Foxcroft, IL
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Rice Lake & Danada-Herrick Lake Regional Trail

2.8 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 57 min

Elevation 726–775 ft

Out & Back · Danada Forest Preserve

Trailhead: Danada-Herrick Lake Regional Trail · 41.82893, -88.09362

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:53 PM

Transit-accessible: 301 E Loop Rd stop 273 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Danada-Herrick Lake Regional Trail, heading W.
  2. 50 ftPass Rice Lake.
  3. 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
  4. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  5. 0.2 miSharp right, heading W.
  6. 0.5 miReach Rice Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.5 miSharp left, heading S.
  8. 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
  9. 0.6 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/rice-lake-danada-herrick-lake-regional-trail-out-back-5-km

Trail surface

49% gravel51% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:39 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~27 min). Leave by 6:07 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:34 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: 301 E Loop Rd stop 273 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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