Camp Shabbona Woods

Sportsmen Club Lake–Green Lake, 3 lakes

11.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 3 hr 56 min

Sportsmen Club Lake–Green Lake, 3 lakes is an 11.8-mile out-and-back in Camp Shabbona Woods near Munster, IN. The route passes Sportsmen Club Lake and Sportsmen Club Lake before reaching Green Lake at the turnaround, 5.9 miles in. 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.

Elevation

0 mi584 – 627 ft12.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Monon Trail 41.58086, -87.51829
Nearest town Munster, IN

Directions

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Sportsmen Club Lake–Green Lake, 3 lakes

11.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 3 hr 56 min

Elevation 585–626 ft

Out & Back · Camp Shabbona Woods

Trailhead: Monon Trail · 41.58086, -87.51829

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

Transit-accessible: South Hammond stop 162 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Monon Trail, heading S.
  2. 2 miTurn right onto Pennsy Greenway, heading S.
  3. 400 ftPass Sportsmen Club Lake.
  4. 0.3 miPass Sportsmen Club Lake.
  5. 0.9 miBear left, heading N.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  7. 2.5 miPass Green Lake.
  8. 0.1 miTurn left onto Burnham Greenway Red Paved Trail, heading N.
  9. 0.1 miReach Sportsmen Club Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.1 miTurn right onto Pennsy Greenway, heading W.
  11. 2.6 miBear left, heading SE.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  13. 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
  14. 1.2 miTurn left onto Monon Trail, heading SE.
  15. 1.4 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

96% paved1% boardwalk3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 6:51 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~9 min). Leave by 6:22 PM for the 6:51 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:15 PM — 4 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: South Hammond stop 162 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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