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Little Prairie Nature Trail route map
Difficulty: EasyLoop
Carlyle Lake Il — Dam West Spillway/Illinois

Little Prairie Nature Trail

Carlyle, Illinois

0.6 mi

Distance

59 ft

Elev. Gain

12m

Est. Time

Loop

Route Type

Easy

Difficulty

About This Trail

Little Prairie Nature Trail is a loop trail in Carlyle Lake Il — Dam West Spillway, managed by the US Army Corps of Engineers, in Clinton County, Illinois. It is 0.6 miles long and gains 59 feet. It is in or next to Carlyle, Illinois.

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Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

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Elevation Profile

Min:132 ft
Max:140 ft
Gain:18 ft
Loss:18 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 132 ft and 140 ft across 0.6 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.132 ft135 ft137 ft140 ft0.0 mi0.2 mi0.3 mi0.5 mi0.6 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi135 ft
High point0.1 mi140 ft
End0.6 mi135 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Loop

Official sources & verification

Managed by US Army Corps of Engineers

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Carlyle, IL · in or next to town
County:
Clinton County, IL
Jurisdiction:
Carlyle Lake Il — Dam West Spillway · US Army Corps of Engineers

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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