Turnstone Lake via Virgil Gilman Trail
1.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 38 min
Turnstone Lake via Virgil Gilman Trail is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in Barnes Forest Preserve near Montgomery, IL. The route reaches Turnstone 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.
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Turnstone Lake via Virgil Gilman Trail
1.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 38 min
Elevation 668–683 ft
Out & Back · Barnes Forest Preserve
Trailhead: 41.75223, -88.37772
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 6:56 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Virgil Gilman Trail, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.5 miPass Turnstone Lake.
- 0.4 miReach Turnstone Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 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 surface
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:36 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:56 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:24 PM.
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Virgil Gilman Trail 10.4 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Prairie Loop Trail via Virgil Gilman Trail 10.6 mi · ▲ 27 ft
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