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Waterfall Trail via Kinkaid Lake Trail

6.1 mi · ▲ 1,030 ft · 2 hr 33 min

Waterfall Trail via Kinkaid Lake Trail is a 6.1-mile out-and-back near Crain, IL. It climbs 1,030 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 82/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi453 – 722 ft · steepest grade: 20%6.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Kinkaid Lake Trail 37.81699, -89.49881
Nearest town Crain, IL
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Waterfall Trail via Kinkaid Lake Trail

6.1 mi · ▲ 1,030 ft · 2 hr 33 min

Elevation 452–723 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Kinkaid Lake Trail · 37.81699, -89.49881

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 6:58 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Kinkaid Lake Trail, heading S.
  2. 50 ftTurn right onto Waterfall Trail, heading S.
  3. 3 miReach Waterfall Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 3 miTurn left onto Kinkaid Lake Trail, heading NW.
  5. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/waterfall-trail-out-back-10-km

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 6:58 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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