Bob Layton Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Bob Layton Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Walnut Creek Regional Park near Midwest Country Estates, IA. It is mostly level, with 80 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Bob Layton Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Elevation 886–986 ft
Out & Back · Walnut Creek Regional Park
Trailhead: 41.62792, -93.84503
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:16 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Little Walnut Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Bob Layton Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Walnut Creek Regional Park Access Road, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 350 ftReach Bob Layton Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Bob Layton Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Little Walnut Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
- 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.8 mi in (~43 min). Leave by 6:13 PM for the 7:16 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:18 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Walnut Trace Park Trail 5.3 mi · ▲ 192 ft
- Walnut Trace Park Trail 4.4 mi · ▲ 165 ft
- Walnut Trace Park Trail 5.5 mi · ▲ 192 ft
- Walnut Trace Park Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 165 ft
- Little Walnut Creek Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 109 ft
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