Skokie Lagoon #5 & Skokie Lagoon #6 via North Branch Black Paved Trail
3.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 8 min
Skokie Lagoon #5 & Skokie Lagoon #6 via North Branch Black Paved Trail is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Skokie Lagoons Central near Willowbrook Acres, IL. The route passes Skokie Lagoon #6 before reaching Skokie Lagoon #5 at the turnaround, 1.7 miles in. 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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Skokie Lagoon #5 & Skokie Lagoon #6 via North Branch Black Paved Trail
3.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 8 min
Elevation 622–636 ft
Out & Back · Skokie Lagoons Central
Trailhead: 42.11705, -87.77375
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 1.1 miPass Skokie Lagoon #6.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right onto North Branch Black Paved Trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miReach Skokie Lagoon #5, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 1.2 miArrive 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 0.2 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 6:26 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:13 PM — 7 min before dark.
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Erickson Woods–Skokie Lagoon #5, 10 lakes 4.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Mary Mix McDonald Woods–Skokie Lagoon #7, 14 lakes 5.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Skokie Lagoon #7–Skokie Lagoon #6, 13 lakes 4.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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