AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Back 40 & Gosforth Lane

4.2 mi · ▲ 255 ft · 1 hr 32 min

Back 40 & Gosforth Lane is a 4.2-mile out-and-back near Dug Hill, AR. It climbs 255 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,116 – 1,371 ft4.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Mildenhall Drive 36.49854, -94.21320
Nearest town Dug Hill, AR
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Back 40 & Gosforth Lane

4.2 mi · ▲ 255 ft · 1 hr 32 min

Elevation 1,116–1,371 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Mildenhall Drive · 36.49854, -94.21320

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:04 AM · sunset 7:18 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 50 ftTurn right onto Back 40, heading E.
  3. 0.7 miTurn right onto Gosforth Lane, heading E.
  4. 350 ftContinue straight onto Back 40, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Gosforth Lane, heading NE.
  6. 150 ftContinue straight onto Back 40, heading N.
  7. 150 ftContinue straight onto Gosforth Lane, heading E.
  8. 400 ftContinue straight onto Back 40, heading E.
  9. 100 ftContinue straight onto Gosforth Lane, heading E.
  10. 400 ftBear left onto Newburn Drive, heading E.
  11. 0.1 miBear right onto Back 40, heading E.
  12. 350 ftContinue straight onto Newburn Drive, heading NE.
  13. 0.2 miTurn right onto Back 40, heading E.
  14. 0.7 miReach Gosforth Lane, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.7 miTurn left onto Newburn Drive, heading W.
  16. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Back 40, heading W.
  17. 350 ftBear left onto Newburn Drive, heading W.
  18. 0.1 miBear right onto Gosforth Lane, heading W.
  19. 400 ftContinue straight onto Back 40, heading W.
  20. 100 ftContinue straight onto Gosforth Lane, heading W.
  21. 400 ftContinue straight onto Back 40, heading SW.
  22. 150 ftContinue straight onto Gosforth Lane, heading SW.
  23. 150 ftContinue straight onto Back 40, heading SW.
  24. 50 ftContinue straight onto Gosforth Lane, heading SW.
  25. 350 ftTurn left onto Back 40, heading NW.
  26. 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  27. 0.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
  28. 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/back-40-gosforth-lane-out-back-7-km-4151

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 7:04 AMSunset 7:18 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~36 min). Leave by 6:22 PM for the 7:18 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:07 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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