Clive Greenbelt Trail
6 mi · ▲ 135 ft · 2 hr 4 min
Clive Greenbelt Trail is a 6-mile out-and-back in Greenbelt Park near Windsor Heights, IA. It is mostly level, with 135 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Clive Greenbelt Trail
6 mi · ▲ 135 ft · 2 hr 4 min
Elevation 815–931 ft
Out & Back · Greenbelt Park
Trailhead: 41.60020, -93.70508
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:01 AM · sunset 7:17 PM
Transit-accessible: University Ave & 63rd St stop 70 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 350 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Clive Greenbelt Trail, heading SW.
- 0.9 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 1.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 1.4 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.4 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:57 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:17 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:45 PM.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: University Ave & 63rd St stop 70 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Clive Greenbelt Trail 5.8 mi · ▲ 81 ft
- Walnut Creek Trail & Waveland Trail 7.7 mi · ▲ 250 ft
- Clive Greenbelt Trail 7.4 mi · ▲ 135 ft
- Walnut Creek Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 110 ft
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