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Water Works Park

Around the Block–Bill Riley Trail, 9 sights

8.6 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 2 hr 54 min

Around the Block–Bill Riley Trail, 9 sights is an 8.6-mile out-and-back in Water Works Park near Millman, IA. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi787 – 820 ft9.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Great Western Trail 41.55661, -93.67708
Nearest town Millman, IA
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Around the Block–Bill Riley Trail, 9 sights

8.6 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 2 hr 54 min

Elevation 788–819 ft

Out & Back · Water Works Park

Trailhead: Great Western Trail · 41.55661, -93.67708

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:01 AM · sunset 7:17 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 50 ftContinue straight onto Great Western Trail, heading NE.
  3. 150 ftContinue straight onto Great Western Connector, heading NE.
  4. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Bill Riley Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  6. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  7. 1.1 miBear left onto Walnut Creek Trail, heading NW.
  8. 0.6 miBear right onto J11 Mountain Bike Trail, heading NW.
  9. 100 ftBear left onto Walnut Creek Trail, heading W.
  10. 450 ftTurn right onto J11 Mountain Bike Trail, heading NW.
  11. 400 ftTurn right onto Walnut Creek Trail, heading S.
  12. 50 ftSharp left onto Levee Trail, heading S.
  13. 0.4 miTurn left onto Denmans Mountain Bike Trail, heading S.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Around the Block, heading S.
  15. 450 ftTurn right onto Dirty Connector Mountain Bike Trail, heading S.
  16. 0.3 miTurn right onto Squirrel's Nest Mountain Bike Trail, heading E.
  17. 150 ftContinue straight onto Purgatory Trail, heading E.
  18. 50 ftBear right onto Squirrel's Nest Mountain Bike Trail, heading E.
  19. 50 ftContinue straight onto Purgatory Trail, heading E.
  20. 50 ftReach Great Western Connector, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  21. 50 ftContinue straight onto Squirrel's Nest Mountain Bike Trail, heading E.
  22. 50 ftBear left onto Purgatory Trail, heading E.
  23. 100 ftContinue straight onto Squirrel's Nest Mountain Bike Trail, heading E.
  24. 150 ftTurn left onto Dirty Connector Mountain Bike Trail, heading E.
  25. 0.3 miTurn left onto Around the Block, heading SW.
  26. 450 ftContinue straight onto Denmans Mountain Bike Trail, heading E.
  27. 50 ftTurn right onto Levee Trail, heading E.
  28. 0.4 miSharp right onto Walnut Creek Trail, heading W.
  29. 50 ftTurn left onto J11 Mountain Bike Trail, heading W.
  30. 350 ftTurn left onto Walnut Creek Trail, heading N.
  31. 500 ftBear right onto J11 Mountain Bike Trail, heading N.
  32. 100 ftBear left onto Walnut Creek Trail, heading N.
  33. 0.6 miBear right onto Bill Riley Trail, heading E.
  34. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
  35. 1 miContinue straight onto Great Western Connector, heading E.
  36. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Great Western Trail, heading W.
  37. 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/around-the-block-bill-riley-trail-out-back-9-sights

Trail surface

53% paved24% gravel22% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:01 AMSunset 7:17 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.5 mi in (~60 min). Leave by 5:57 PM for the 7:17 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:33 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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