CeMar Trail & Grant Wood Trail
5.9 mi · ▲ 108 ft · 2 hr 1 min
CeMar Trail & Grant Wood Trail is a 5.9-mile out-and-back in Legion Park near Marion, IA. It is mostly level, with 108 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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CeMar Trail & Grant Wood Trail
5.9 mi · ▲ 108 ft · 2 hr 1 min
Elevation 768–848 ft
Out & Back · Legion Park
Trailhead: 42.02357, -91.59395
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:09 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Boyson Trail, heading NW.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Grant Wood Trail, heading NE.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto C Avenue Northeast, heading W.
- 50 ftReach CeMar Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Grant Wood Trail, heading W.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto CeMar Trail, heading E.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Boyson Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 6:46 PM for the 7:09 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:27 PM — 10 min before dark.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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