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Palisades-Kepler State Park

Cedar Cliff Viewpoint & Palisades-Kepler State Park Beach via Cool Hollow

2 mi · ▲ 361 ft · 51 min

Cedar Cliff Viewpoint & Palisades-Kepler State Park Beach via Cool Hollow is a 2-mile out-and-back in Palisades-Kepler State Park near Bertram, IA. The route passes Palisades-Kepler State Park Beach and Cedar Cliff Viewpoint. It climbs 361 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi702 – 866 ft · steepest grade: 20%2.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Cedar Cliff 41.90663, -91.51222
Nearest town Bertram, IA
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Cedar Cliff Viewpoint & Palisades-Kepler State Park Beach via Cool Hollow

2 mi · ▲ 361 ft · 51 min

Elevation 701–866 ft

Out & Back · Palisades-Kepler State Park

Trailhead: Cedar Cliff · 41.90663, -91.51222

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:53 AM · sunset 7:07 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Cedar Cliff, heading NW.
  2. 50 ftPass Palisades-Kepler State Park Beach.
  3. 500 ftPass Cedar Cliff Viewpoint.
  4. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right onto Cool Hollow, heading N.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  7. 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
  8. 0.3 miReach Cedar Cliff Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.5 miBear left, heading NE.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left onto Cedar Cliff, heading W.
  11. 0.3 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/cedar-cliff-viewpoint-palisades-kepler-state-park-beach-out-back-3-beaches

Trail surface

25% gravel75% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:53 AMSunset 7:07 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Bertram, Iowa