AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Bellevue State Park

Bluff Trail & Campground Trail

3 mi · ▲ 401 ft · 1 hr 12 min

Bluff Trail & Campground Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back in Bellevue State Park near Pleasant Creek, IA. It climbs 401 ft. It scores 27/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi659 – 873 ft3.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Bluff Trail 42.22571, -90.39769
Nearest town Pleasant Creek, IA
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Bluff Trail & Campground Trail

3 mi · ▲ 401 ft · 1 hr 12 min

Elevation 659–874 ft

Out & Back · Bellevue State Park

Trailhead: Bluff Trail · 42.22571, -90.39769

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:04 PM

  1. Start on Bluff Trail, heading NW.
  2. 0.7 miBear left, heading S.
  3. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  4. 450 ftTurn left onto Campground Trail, heading S.
  5. 0.7 miReach Bluff Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
  7. 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
  8. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  9. 350 ftContinue straight onto Bluff Trail, heading N.
  10. 0.6 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/bluff-trail-out-back-8c05

Trail surface

50% dirt50% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:04 PM

Hikes near Pleasant Creek, Iowa