Around the Block–Dirty Connector Mountain Bike Trail, 5 sights is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Denman Woods near Valley Junction, IA. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi801 – 830 ft4.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Bill Riley Trail 41.57614, -93.68336
Nearest town Valley Junction, IA
Directions
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Around the Block–Dirty Connector Mountain Bike Trail, 5 sights
3.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 16 min
Elevation 801–829 ft
Out & Back · Denman Woods
Trailhead: Bill Riley Trail · 41.57614, -93.68336
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:15 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Bill Riley Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Hillside Mountain Bike Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bill Riley Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Rollercoaster Mountain Bike Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftBear right onto Bill Riley Trail, heading E.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Walnut Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear right onto J11 Mountain Bike Trail, heading W.
- 100 ftBear left onto Walnut Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 500 ftTurn right onto J11 Mountain Bike Trail, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Walnut Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Levee Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Denmans Mountain Bike Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Around the Block, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Dirty Connector Mountain Bike Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miReach Walnut Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Around the Block, heading W.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Denmans Mountain Bike Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Levee Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Walnut Creek Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto J11 Mountain Bike Trail, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Walnut Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 500 ftBear right onto J11 Mountain Bike Trail, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear left onto Walnut Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Bill Riley Trail, heading SE.
- 500 ftBear left onto Rollercoaster Mountain Bike Trail, heading SE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Bill Riley Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Hillside Mountain Bike Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bill Riley Trail, heading SE.
- 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 surface
76% paved24% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 7:02 AMSunset 7:15 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 6:49 PM for the 7:15 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:37 PM — 6 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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