Blairs Ferry Road Northeast & CeMar Trail via Grant Wood Trail
5.3 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 1 hr 48 min
Blairs Ferry Road Northeast & CeMar Trail via Grant Wood Trail is a 5.3-mile out-and-back in Legion Park near Marion, IA. It is mostly level, with 81 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Blairs Ferry Road Northeast & CeMar Trail via Grant Wood Trail
5.3 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 1 hr 48 min
Elevation 768–852 ft
Out & Back · Legion Park
Trailhead: 42.02191, -91.59816
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:09 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Boyson Trail, heading NW.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Grant Wood Trail, heading NE.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Blairs Ferry Road Northeast, heading E.
- 0.2 miReach CeMar Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Grant Wood Trail, heading W.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto CeMar Trail, heading E.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Boyson Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:48 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:09 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:37 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- CeMar Trail & Grant Wood Trail 6.7 mi · ▲ 81 ft
- C Avenue Trail–CeMar Trail, 3 sights 6.1 mi · ▲ 82 ft
- CeMar Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 27 ft
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