Timber Lake & Illinois Prairie Path Elgin Branch
10 mi · ▲ 92 ft · 3 hr 23 min
Timber Lake & Illinois Prairie Path Elgin Branch is a 10-mile out-and-back in Timber Ridge Forest Preserve near Lakewood, IL. The route reaches Timber Lake. It is mostly level, with 92 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Timber Lake & Illinois Prairie Path Elgin Branch
10 mi · ▲ 92 ft · 3 hr 23 min
Elevation 718–806 ft
Out & Back · Timber Ridge Forest Preserve
Trailhead: Illinois Prairie Path Elgin Branch · 41.92090, -88.20844
Weather Sep 20: Heavy rain, high 69°F / low 61° · precip 100% · wind 12 mph · sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:55 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Illinois Prairie Path Elgin Branch, heading SE.
- 3.8 miPass Timber Lake.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Illinois Prairie Path Geneva Spur, heading E.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Illinois Prairie Path Elgin Branch, heading E.
- 1.2 miReach Timber Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto Illinois Prairie Path Geneva Spur, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Illinois Prairie Path Elgin Branch, heading W.
- 3.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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