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Wolf Lake Memorial Park

Wolf Lake–Burnham Greenway Blue Paved Trail, 3 sights

8.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 46 min

Wolf Lake–Burnham Greenway Blue Paved Trail, 3 sights is an 8.3-mile out-and-back in Wolf Lake Memorial Park near Sheffield Estates, IN. The route reaches Wolf 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.

Elevation

0 mi584 – 591 ft9.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: 129th Street 41.66096, -87.51681
Nearest town Sheffield Estates, IN
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Wolf Lake–Burnham Greenway Blue Paved Trail, 3 sights

8.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 46 min

Elevation 583–591 ft

Out & Back · Wolf Lake Memorial Park

Trailhead: 129th Street · 41.66096, -87.51681

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 6:51 PM

Transit-accessible: Avenue C & 112th Street stop 272 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Marquette Greenway, heading E.
  2. 0.4 miPass Wolf Lake.
  3. 150 ftTurn right onto Wolf Lake Memorial Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.5 miBear left, heading NE.
  5. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  6. 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
  7. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Illiana Marina Trail, heading N.
  8. 0.4 miTurn left onto Burnham Greenway Blue Paved Trail, heading SW.
  9. 0.4 miTurn right onto Burnham Greenway Black Paved Trail, heading W.
  10. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Burnham Greenway, heading SW.
  11. 0.4 miReach Wolf Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.7 miTurn left onto Burnham Greenway Blue Paved Trail, heading S.
  13. 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  14. 350 ftContinue straight onto Illiana Marina Trail, heading S.
  15. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Wolf Lake Memorial Trail, heading E.
  16. 1 miBear left, heading SE.
  17. 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
  18. 0.8 miTurn left onto Marquette Greenway, heading S.
  19. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/wolf-lake-129th-street-out-back-3-sights-13-km-50c8

Trail surface

85% paved15% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 6:51 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:31 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:51 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:19 PM.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Avenue C & 112th Street stop 272 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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