Back Side via Porterhouse
2.8 mi · ▲ 193 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Back Side via Porterhouse is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in Beverly Park near Grand View Village, IA. It is mostly level, with 193 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Back Side via Porterhouse
2.8 mi · ▲ 193 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Elevation 742–823 ft
Out & Back · Beverly Park
Trailhead: 41.93513, -91.71581
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:54 AM · sunset 7:08 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Edgewood Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Patterflow, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn right onto JANK, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Patterflow, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Ditch Digger East, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Bootlegger, heading E.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Porterhouse, heading E.
- 400 ftBear right onto P.A.G.A.N., heading E.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Porterhouse, heading E.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Back Side, heading E.
- 0.2 miReach Back Side, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Porterhouse, heading N.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto P.A.G.A.N., heading NW.
- 300 ftBear left onto Porterhouse, heading SE.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Bootlegger, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Ditch Digger East, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Patterflow, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto JANK, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Patterflow, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~14 min). Leave by 6:33 PM for the 7:08 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:35 PM — 0 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Neighborhood 2.2 mi · ▲ 146 ft
- Edgewood Trail 2 mi · ▲ 146 ft
- Porterhouse 2.5 mi · ▲ 149 ft
- Bootlegger via Porterhouse 2.2 mi · ▲ 118 ft
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