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Sportsmen Club Lake via Pennsy Greenway

3.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 18 min

Sportsmen Club Lake via Pennsy Greenway is a 3.9-mile out-and-back near Lansing, IL. The route reaches Sportsmen Club Lake. 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 mi607 – 623 ft4.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Pennsy Greenway 41.56989, -87.53949
Nearest town Lansing, IL
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Sportsmen Club Lake via Pennsy Greenway

3.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 18 min

Elevation 607–623 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Pennsy Greenway · 41.56989, -87.53949

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Pennsy Greenway, heading SE.
  2. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  4. 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
  5. 0.6 miPass Sportsmen Club Lake.
  6. 1 miBear left, heading E.
  7. 150 ftReach Sportsmen Club Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 1.8 miBear left, heading NW.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  10. 50 ftArrive 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/sportsmen-club-lake-sportsmen-club-lake-out-back-6-km

Trail surface

95% paved5% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 6:51 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.5 mi in (~35 min). Leave by 5:56 PM for the 6:51 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:41 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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