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Chautauqua Park

Chautauqua Park Duck Pond via Trail "B"

2.5 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 51 min

Chautauqua Park Duck Pond via Trail "B" is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Chautauqua Park near Beatrice, NE. The route reaches Chautauqua Park Duck Pond at the turnaround, 1.2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 26 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,224 – 1,260 ft2.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Homestead Trail 40.26034, -96.74661
Nearest town Beatrice, NE
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Chautauqua Park Duck Pond via Trail "B"

2.5 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 51 min

Elevation 1,224–1,259 ft

Out & Back · Chautauqua Park

Trailhead: Homestead Trail · 40.26034, -96.74661

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:13 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Homestead Trail, heading SE.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right onto Trail "B", heading S.
  3. 0.4 miTurn left onto Trail A, heading E.
  4. 0.6 miReach Chautauqua Park Duck Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.6 miTurn right onto Trail "B", heading NW.
  6. 0.4 miTurn left onto Homestead Trail, heading N.
  7. 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/chautauqua-park-duck-pond-out-back-4-km

Trail surface

77% paved23% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:13 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~26 min). Leave by 6:43 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:11 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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