Bridge Trail & Preserve Trail
5 mi · ▲ 350 ft · 1 hr 51 min
Bridge Trail & Preserve Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back in Brushy Creek State Preserve near Brushy, IA. It climbs 350 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 28/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Bridge Trail & Preserve Trail
5 mi · ▲ 350 ft · 1 hr 51 min
Elevation 946–1,093 ft
Out & Back · Brushy Creek State Preserve
Trailhead: 42.38380, -93.99261
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:03 AM · sunset 7:17 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Lake Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Preserve Trail, heading SE.
- 1.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftReach Preserve Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Bridge Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Preserve Trail, heading SW.
- 1.5 miTurn left onto Lake Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 400 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 0.4 mi in (~10 min). Leave by 6:47 PM for the 7:17 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:42 PM — 3 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Lake Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Lake Trail–Meadow Trail, 3 sights 3.7 mi · ▲ 148 ft
- Clay Hill Trail & Preserve Trail Loop 3.9 mi · ▲ 153 ft
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