Wadsworth Savanna Forest Preserve
Sterling Lake via Des Plaines River Trail
8.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 46 min
Sterling Lake via Des Plaines River Trail is an 8.3-mile out-and-back in Wadsworth Savanna Forest Preserve near Wadsworth, IL. The route passes Sterling Lake and Sterling Lake. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Sterling Lake via Des Plaines River Trail
8.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 46 min
Elevation 664–680 ft
Out & Back · Wadsworth Savanna Forest Preserve
Trailhead: 42.42731, -87.93626
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Des Plaines River Trail, heading N.
- 3 miPass Sterling Lake.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Blue Loop, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miPass Sterling Lake.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 350 ftReach Sterling Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Des Plaines River Trail, heading SE.
- 3.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 400 ftArrive 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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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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