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SaveMcDonald Woods is a perfect place to hike, bike and cross-country ski. Trails here also connect to our regional Millennium Trail and provide access to the Grass Lake Road Bike Path and several other neighboring communities and parks.
Gravel: 3.7 miles of trails wind around woods, wetlands and grasslands and are open for hiking, biking and cross-country skiing.
Woodchip: this 0.9-mile trail is open only for hiking and cross-country skiing and leads to a basswood and sugar maple forest, glowing yellow in autumn. Walk-in access to the preserve via the woodchip trail is available on Beck Road, however, roadside parking is not permitted there.
A pedestrian tunnel beneath Grass Lake Road offers safe crossing for trail users and connects trails at McDonald Woods to local parks, schools, residential areas and busineses. The underpass is part of a network of trails built and funded in large part by federal and state grants and in partnership with Lindenhurst Park District, Village of Lindenhurst and Lake Villa Township.
Gravel: 3.7 miles of trails wind around woods, wetlands and grasslands and are open for hiking, biking and cross-country skiing.
Woodchip: this 0.9-mile trail is open only for hiking and cross-country skiing and leads to a basswood and sugar maple forest, glowing yellow in autumn. Walk-in access to the preserve via the woodchip trail is available on Beck Road, however, roadside parking is not permitted there.
A pedestrian tunnel beneath Grass Lake Road offers safe crossing for trail users and connects trails at McDonald Woods to local parks, schools, residential areas and busineses. The underpass is part of a network of trails built and funded in large part by federal and state grants and in partnership with Lindenhurst Park District, Village of Lindenhurst and Lake Villa Township.
source: McDonald Woods
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- Mountain Bike
7 trails
- Hike
10 trails
- Trail Running
9 trails
- Nordic Ski
9 trails
Region Details
- 7
Region Status
Open as of Aug 27, 2023
Stats
- Trails (view details)
- 10
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 7
- Trails E-Bike
- 1
- Trails Hike
- 10
- Trails Trail Running
- 9
- Trails Nordic Ski
- 9
- Total Distance
- 5 miles
- Total Descent Distance
- 2 miles
- Total Descent
- 174 ft
- Total Vertical
- 55 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 782 ft
- Reports
- 4
- Ridden Counter
- 120
Popular McDonald Woods Forest Preserve Trails
Recent Trail Reports
| status | trail | date | condition | info | user |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millenium Trail | Aug 27, 2023 @ 8:29pm Aug 27, 2023 | Ideal | L5phPK | ||
| South Loop | Aug 27, 2023 @ 8:29pm Aug 27, 2023 | Ideal | L5phPK | ||
| McDonald Lake Loop Trail | Aug 27, 2023 @ 8:28pm Aug 27, 2023 | Ideal | L5phPK | ||
| McDonald Woods Preserve Trail | Aug 27, 2023 @ 8:28pm Aug 27, 2023 | Ideal | L5phPK |
Activity Feed
| username | action | type | title | date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L5phPK | add | report | activity #43438402 and 3 more | Aug 27, 2023 @ 8:28pm Aug 27, 2023 |
| PlumbBobM | add | trail | activity #40194772 and 4 more | May 22, 2023 @ 1:12pm May 22, 2023 |
| PlumbBobM | update | trail | activity #40194757 and 9 more | May 22, 2023 @ 1:11pm May 22, 2023 |
| PlumbBobM | update | region | activity #40194652 | May 22, 2023 @ 1:07pm May 22, 2023 |
| ScottQyHKn0 | wishlist | region | activity #39333221 | Apr 24, 2023 @ 1:26pm Apr 24, 2023 |
Nearby Areas
| name | distance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hastings Lake Forest Preserve | 1.4 km | ||||
| Fourth Lake Forest Preserve | 2.1 km | ||||
| Ethel's Woods | 2.3 km | ||||
| Raven Glen Forest Preserve | 2.7 km | ||||
| Rollins Savanna Forest Reserve | 3.2 km |
Activity Type Stats
| activitytype | trails | distance | descent | descent distance | total vertical | rating | global rank | state rank | photos | reports | routes | ridelogs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Bike | 7 | 4 miles | 148 ft | 1 mile | 52 ft | #8,283 | 4 | 294 | ||||
| E-Bike | 1 | 3,143 ft | 3 ft | 469 ft | 33 ft | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Hike | 10 | 5 miles | 174 ft | 2 miles | 56 ft | #6,541 | 4 | 6 | ||||
| Trail Running | 9 | 5 miles | 161 ft | 2 miles | 56 ft | #6,868 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Nordic Ski | 9 | 5 miles | 171 ft | 2 miles | 56 ft | #1,418 | 3 |
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