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Doug Olson: Located in the Lakes region of Northern Illnois, Crooked Lake is truely one of the hidden gems of Lake County. A 130 acre lake perfect for water skiing, fishing and simply enjoying a day on the water. This lake is exclusively enjoyed by the 3 surrounding homeowner communites of Sedgewood Cove, the West Shores and Munn Rd as there are no public launch facilities.
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If you like lakes and you're in this part of Illinois you can check out Crooked Lake. There's so much to do here at Crooked Lake that you need to camp here for a while, Fox River Recreation is a great place for that, and there are other locations here than Crooked Lake, for example Deep Lake. For the duration of the warmest time of the year at Crooked Lake highs are mostly in the 80's. Throughout the dark hours of summer temperatures descend down into the 60's.
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| | Throughout the winter highs are in the 20's, and through the dark hours in the winter at Crooked Lake temperatures descend to the 0's. From a rainfall point of view Crooked Lake is a quite typical place; most of the rain falls through August while February is mostly the driest month. Crooked Lake is not far at all from Racine, and there are some good whitewater spots on Pike River. This lake is so wonderful. The slopes of Wilmot mountain are so inviting nobody | |
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can resist, and hiking along the Volo Bog Interpretive Trail is nice fun. Crooked Lake is great enough to spend more than a day at, Schaul Country Lakes is a great local campground; Lake Linden Dam is a charming place. This lake
is so wonderful. Take a hike on the Tamarack View Trail, and after a long day outdoors Comfort Suites Grayslake is a good location to spend a night or two. Having a good time at Crooked Lake is easy. Gotta ski! Raging Buffalo Snowboard
Park (Snowboarding only - no skiing) is a great place to do that; Renwood Golf Course is a golf course close by. Going for a hike along the Lake Defiance Nature Trail will let you absorb the natural beauty of this region, and Comfort Inn & Suites is a tremendous place to get some rest.
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Coordinates: Latitude: 42.42361 Longitude: -88.05167
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Pike River, Kenosha CountyCounty, 18 miles away Class I(II) - 4.8 miles long (Petrifying Springs to Lathrop) |
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