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Sac and Fox Trail City Park

Baby Birch via Sac & Fox Trail

8.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 42 min

Baby Birch via Sac & Fox Trail is an 8.1-mile out-and-back in Sac and Fox Trail City Park near Vernon View, IA. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi699 – 748 ft8.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.96703, -91.58810
Nearest town Vernon View, IA
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Baby Birch via Sac & Fox Trail

8.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 42 min

Elevation 700–748 ft

Out & Back · Sac and Fox Trail City Park

Trailhead: 41.96703, -91.58810

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:09 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left onto Blue Bird Trail, heading NE.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left onto Sac & Fox Trail, heading N.
  5. 50 ftBear left onto Maple, heading NE.
  6. 250 ftBear right onto Sac & Fox Trail, heading NW.
  7. 500 ftContinue straight onto Maple, heading NE.
  8. 100 ftContinue straight onto Sac & Fox Trail, heading NE.
  9. 0.3 miBear right onto Maple, heading NE.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sac & Fox Trail, heading NE.
  11. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Baby Birch, heading NE.
  12. 450 ftContinue straight onto Sac & Fox Trail, heading SE.
  13. 2.9 miReach Baby Birch, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 2.9 miContinue straight onto Baby Birch, heading S.
  15. 450 ftContinue straight onto Sac & Fox Trail, heading E.
  16. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Maple, heading S.
  17. 50 ftBear left onto Sac & Fox Trail, heading S.
  18. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Maple, heading S.
  19. 150 ftContinue straight onto Sac & Fox Trail, heading SW.
  20. 500 ftBear left onto Maple, heading S.
  21. 250 ftBear right onto Sac & Fox Trail, heading S.
  22. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  23. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Blue Bird Trail, heading SW.
  24. 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  25. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  26. 200 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/baby-birch-out-back-13-km

Trail surface

74% gravel7% dirt2% grass17% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:52 AMSunset 7:09 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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