AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Sac and Fox Trail City Park

Birch & Wood Duck Way

4.5 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 1 hr 32 min

Birch & Wood Duck Way is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Sac and Fox Trail City Park near Vernon View, IA. It is mostly level, with 55 ft of elevation gain. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi699 – 748 ft5.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Wood Duck Way 41.96237, -91.59181
Nearest town Vernon View, IA
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Birch & Wood Duck Way

4.5 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 1 hr 32 min

Elevation 700–748 ft

Out & Back · Sac and Fox Trail City Park

Trailhead: Wood Duck Way · 41.96237, -91.59181

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:53 AM · sunset 7:07 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Wood Duck Way, heading NE.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  3. 250 ftSharp right, heading E.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  5. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left onto Blue Bird Trail, heading NE.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left onto Sac & Fox Trail, heading N.
  9. 50 ftBear left onto Maple, heading N.
  10. 250 ftBear right onto Sac & Fox Trail, heading N.
  11. 500 ftContinue straight onto Maple, heading N.
  12. 100 ftContinue straight onto Sac & Fox Trail, heading NE.
  13. 0.3 miBear right onto Maple, heading E.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sac & Fox Trail, heading E.
  15. 200 ftContinue straight onto Birch, heading NE.
  16. 0.9 miReach Wood Duck Way, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Sac & Fox Trail, heading S.
  18. 200 ftContinue straight onto Maple, heading S.
  19. 50 ftBear left onto Sac & Fox Trail, heading SW.
  20. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Maple, heading W.
  21. 150 ftContinue straight onto Sac & Fox Trail, heading SW.
  22. 500 ftBear left onto Maple, heading S.
  23. 200 ftBear right onto Sac & Fox Trail, heading S.
  24. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  25. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Blue Bird Trail, heading S.
  26. 200 ftTurn right, heading W.
  27. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  28. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  29. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  30. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
  31. 200 ftTurn right onto Wood Duck Way, heading NW.
  32. 0.2 miArrive 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/birch-wood-duck-way-out-back-7-km

Trail surface

47% dirt4% grass2% gravel1% paved46% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:53 AMSunset 7:07 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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