Bee Branch Pond–Bee Branch Trail: Upper Loop, 4 sights
2.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 46 min
Bee Branch Pond–Bee Branch Trail: Upper Loop, 4 sights is a 2.3-mile out-and-back in Bee Branch Creek Greenway near Dubuque, IA. The route reaches Bee Branch Pond. 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 mi594 – 620 ft3.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.51327, -90.64779
Nearest town Dubuque, IA
Directions
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Bee Branch Pond–Bee Branch Trail: Upper Loop, 4 sights
2.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 46 min
Elevation 593–619 ft
Out & Back · Bee Branch Creek Greenway
Trailhead: 42.51327, -90.64779
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:05 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 250 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Waikiki Drive, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Peosta Channel Trail, heading SW.
- 300 ftPass Bee Branch Pond.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Dubuque Jaycees Trail, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Peosta Channel Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Bee Branch Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Bee Branch Trail: Upper Loop, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Bee Branch Trail: Lower Loop, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Bee Branch Trail: Upper Loop, heading NW.
- 50 ftReach Bee Branch Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Bee Branch Trail: Lower Loop, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Bee Branch Trail: Upper Loop, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Bee Branch Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 300 ftBear left onto Peosta Channel Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Dubuque Jaycees Trail, heading S.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Peosta Channel Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Waikiki Drive, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn right, 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
91% paved9% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:05 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Dubuque Jaycees Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Heron Pond Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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