Big Hollow Creek Recreation Area
Big Hollow Lake & Big Hollow Creek Recreation Area Beach via 152nd Avenue
8.2 mi · ▲ 227 ft · 2 hr 51 min
Big Hollow Lake & Big Hollow Creek Recreation Area Beach via 152nd Avenue is an 8.2-mile out-and-back in Big Hollow Creek Recreation Area near Dodgeville, IA. The route passes Big Hollow Creek Recreation Area Beach and Big Hollow Lake. It is mostly level, with 227 ft of elevation gain. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Big Hollow Lake & Big Hollow Creek Recreation Area Beach via 152nd Avenue
8.2 mi · ▲ 227 ft · 2 hr 51 min
Elevation 689–740 ft
Out & Back · Big Hollow Creek Recreation Area
Trailhead: 40.95743, -91.21086
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:51 AM · sunset 7:07 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 1.4 miBear right onto 152nd Avenue, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Big Hollow Creek Recreation Area Beach.
- 50 ftPass Big Hollow Lake.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Flint River Trail, heading SE.
- 2.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 350 ftReach Big Hollow Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 2.4 miSharp right onto 152nd Avenue, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 1.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 350 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.2 mi in (~60 min). Leave by 5:47 PM for the 7:07 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:21 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Big Hollow Lake & Big Hollow Creek Recreation Area Beach 3.4 mi · ▲ 53 ft
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