Tamarack View Trail (2.8 mi) Viewpoint–Eye of the Bog, 4 sights is a 3.1-mile out-and-back in Volo Bog State Natural Area near Lakemoor, IL. The route passes Tamarack View Trail (2.8 mi) Viewpoint and Eye of the Bog. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Tamarack View Trail (2.8 mi) Viewpoint–Eye of the Bog, 4 sights
3.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Elevation 744–776 ft
Out & Back · Volo Bog State Natural Area
Trailhead: Tamarack View Trail (2.8 mi) · 42.34750, -88.19064
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 6:54 PM
- Start on Tamarack View Trail (2.8 mi), heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Tamarack View Trail (2.8 mi) Viewpoint.
- 0.3 miPass Eye of the Bog.
- 100 ftBear left onto Volo Bog Interpretive Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 350 ftBear right, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left onto Tamarack View Trail (2.8 mi), heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Deerpath Trail Loop, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Prairie Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miReach Tamarack View Trail (2.8 mi) Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Deerpath Trail Loop, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Tamarack View Trail (2.8 mi), heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading S.
- 350 ftBear right onto Volo Bog Interpretive Trail, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear right onto Tamarack View Trail (2.8 mi), heading W.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 6:31 PM for the 6:54 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:11 PM — 10 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
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