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.
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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
- Start on Monon Trail, heading S.
- 2.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 1.9 miPass Sportsmen Club Lake.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Pennsy Greenway, heading S.
- 0.2 miPass Sportsmen Club Lake.
- 0.2 miReach Sportsmen Club Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Monon Trail, heading SE.
- 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.
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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.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Hohman & Douglas stop 165 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Monon Trail Trailhead
- Monon Trail 5.7 mi · ▲ 59 ft
- Erie Lackawanna Connector & Erie Lackawanna Trail 10.2 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Monon Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Monon Trail 5.1 mi · ▲ 59 ft
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