AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Bowling Street Trail

3.5 mi · ▲ 136 ft · 1 hr 14 min

Bowling Street Trail is a 3.5-mile out-and-back near West Cedar Rapids, IA. It is mostly level, with 136 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi705 – 801 ft3.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Bowling Street Trail 41.95775, -91.65754
Nearest town West Cedar Rapids, IA
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Bowling Street Trail

3.5 mi · ▲ 136 ft · 1 hr 14 min

Elevation 706–799 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Bowling Street Trail · 41.95775, -91.65754

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:53 AM · sunset 7:09 PM

Transit-accessible: 2300 Bowling Street (Hy-Vee Gas) stop 279 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Bowling Street Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  3. 1.4 miReach Bowling Street Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 1.4 miTurn right, heading N.
  5. 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/bowling-street-trail-out-back-6-km

Trail surface

62% paved38% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:53 AMSunset 7:09 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.5 mi in (~37 min). Leave by 6:12 PM for the 7:09 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:03 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: 2300 Bowling Street (Hy-Vee Gas) stop 279 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near West Cedar Rapids, Iowa