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Cedar Niles Park

Billy Goat Trail–Cedar Niles Park Trail, 3 sights

1.9 mi · ▲ 109 ft · 41 min

Billy Goat Trail–Cedar Niles Park Trail, 3 sights is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in Cedar Niles Park near Olathe, KS. It is mostly level, with 109 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 33/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi856 – 994 ft2.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Cedar Niles Park Trail 38.89940, -94.87193
Nearest town Olathe, KS
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Billy Goat Trail–Cedar Niles Park Trail, 3 sights

1.9 mi · ▲ 109 ft · 41 min

Elevation 858–994 ft

Out & Back · Cedar Niles Park

Trailhead: Cedar Niles Park Trail · 38.89940, -94.87193

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:06 AM · sunset 7:21 PM

Bikes allowed on the whole route · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Columbine Trail, heading N.
  2. 50 ftTurn right onto Cedar Niles Park Trail, heading N.
  3. 400 ftContinue straight onto Columbine Trail, heading NW.
  4. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Billy Goat Trail, heading NW.
  5. 450 ftSharp right onto Columbine Trail, heading N.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Billy Goat Trail, heading N.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Columbine Trail, heading N.
  8. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Scape Goat Trail, heading NW.
  9. 100 ftContinue straight onto Billy Goat Trail, heading N.
  10. 50 ftSharp right onto Scape Goat Trail, heading N.
  11. 0.1 miBear right onto Cedar Niles Park Trail, heading NW.
  12. 450 ftReach Columbine Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 450 ftBear left onto Scape Goat Trail, heading N.
  14. 500 ftSharp left onto Billy Goat Trail, heading N.
  15. 50 ftContinue straight onto Scape Goat Trail, heading N.
  16. 100 ftContinue straight onto Columbine Trail, heading N.
  17. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Billy Goat Trail, heading W.
  18. 50 ftContinue straight onto Columbine Trail, heading W.
  19. 50 ftSharp left onto Billy Goat Trail, heading W.
  20. 450 ftContinue straight onto Columbine Trail, heading SE.
  21. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Cedar Niles Park Trail, heading SE.
  22. 350 ftTurn left onto Columbine Trail, heading S.
  23. 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/billy-goat-trail-cedar-niles-park-trail-out-back-3-sights-3-km

Trail surface

85% dirt15% paved

Weather

Sunrise 7:06 AMSunset 7:21 PM

Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Olathe, Kansas