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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.

Elevation

0 mi745 – 774 ft3.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Tamarack View Trail (2.8 mi) 42.34750, -88.19064
Nearest town Lakemoor, IL

Directions

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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

  1. Start on Tamarack View Trail (2.8 mi), heading NW.
  2. 50 ftPass Tamarack View Trail (2.8 mi) Viewpoint.
  3. 0.3 miPass Eye of the Bog.
  4. 100 ftBear left onto Volo Bog Interpretive Trail, heading N.
  5. 100 ftBear left, heading NW.
  6. 350 ftBear right, heading N.
  7. 150 ftBear left onto Tamarack View Trail (2.8 mi), heading NE.
  8. 0.2 miSharp left onto Deerpath Trail Loop, heading NE.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left onto Prairie Ridge Trail, heading N.
  10. 0.7 miReach Tamarack View Trail (2.8 mi) Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.7 miTurn right onto Deerpath Trail Loop, heading E.
  12. 0.2 miSharp right onto Tamarack View Trail (2.8 mi), heading S.
  13. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  14. 150 ftBear left, heading S.
  15. 350 ftBear right onto Volo Bog Interpretive Trail, heading SW.
  16. 100 ftBear right onto Tamarack View Trail (2.8 mi), heading W.
  17. 0.2 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

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 6:54 PM

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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