Sportsmen Club Lake & Monon Trail

9 mi · ▲ 59 ft · 3 hr 2 min

Sportsmen Club Lake & Monon Trail is a 9-mile out-and-back near Calumet City, IL. The route passes Sportsmen Club Lake before reaching Sportsmen Club Lake at the turnaround, 4.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 59 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi587 – 627 ft9.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Monon Trail 41.61478, -87.51917
Nearest town Calumet City, IL

Directions

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Sportsmen Club Lake & Monon Trail

9 mi · ▲ 59 ft · 3 hr 2 min

Elevation 587–626 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Monon Trail · 41.61478, -87.51917

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 6:51 PM

Transit-accessible: Hohman & Douglas stop 165 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Monon Trail, heading S.
  2. 2.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  3. 1.9 miPass Sportsmen Club Lake.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right onto Pennsy Greenway, heading S.
  5. 0.2 miPass Sportsmen Club Lake.
  6. 0.2 miReach Sportsmen Club Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.4 miTurn left onto Monon Trail, heading SE.
  8. 3.9 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

95% paved5% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 6:51 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.5 mi in (~62 min). Leave by 5:29 PM for the 6:51 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:08 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Hohman & Douglas stop 165 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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