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70th Street Trail–Great Plains Trails Network Connector Trail, 4 sights

15.6 mi · ▲ 384 ft · 5 hr 24 min

70th Street Trail–Great Plains Trails Network Connector Trail, 4 sights is a 15.6-mile out-and-back in Wilderness Park near College View, NE. It climbs 384 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,142 – 1,352 ft16.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.77538, -96.62595
Nearest town College View, NE
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70th Street Trail–Great Plains Trails Network Connector Trail, 4 sights

15.6 mi · ▲ 384 ft · 5 hr 24 min

Elevation 1,141–1,352 ft

Out & Back · Wilderness Park

Trailhead: 40.77538, -96.62595

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:13 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

Toilets at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 150 ftTurn right onto 70th Street Trail, heading S.
  3. 1.4 miTurn right onto Old Cheney Road Trail, heading W.
  4. 0.9 miTurn right, heading N.
  5. 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  6. 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  7. 2.8 miTurn left onto Rock Island Trail, heading W.
  8. 0.8 miTurn right onto Great Plains Trails Network Connector Trail, heading SW.
  9. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Jamaica North Trail, heading S.
  10. 1.3 miBear left onto Wilderness Park Trail, heading N.
  11. 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  12. 350 ftReach 70th Street Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.5 miBear right onto Jamaica North Trail, heading E.
  14. 1.3 miContinue straight onto Great Plains Trails Network Connector Trail, heading S.
  15. 0.3 miTurn left onto Rock Island Trail, heading S.
  16. 0.8 miTurn right onto Old Cheney Road Trail, heading NE.
  17. 2.7 miBear left, heading E.
  18. 350 ftSharp left, heading E.
  19. 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
  20. 0.9 miTurn left onto 70th Street Trail, heading NE.
  21. 1.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  22. 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/70th-street-trail-out-back

Trail surface

75% paved9% other7% gravel3% dirt6% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:13 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~15 min). Leave by 6:54 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:57 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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