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Banner Lakes at Summerset State Park

Coal Miner's Daughter & Missing Link

3.6 mi · ▲ 86 ft · 1 hr 15 min

Coal Miner's Daughter & Missing Link is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Banner Lakes at Summerset State Park near Summerset, IA. It is mostly level, with 86 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi791 – 820 ft3.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Missing Link 41.44435, -93.54464
Nearest town Summerset, IA
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Coal Miner's Daughter & Missing Link

3.6 mi · ▲ 86 ft · 1 hr 15 min

Elevation 789–821 ft

Out & Back · Banner Lakes at Summerset State Park

Trailhead: Missing Link · 41.44435, -93.54464

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:17 PM

Bikes allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Missing Link, heading SW.
  2. 250 ftTurn right onto Coal Miner's Daughter, heading N.
  3. 1.8 miReach Missing Link, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 1.8 miTurn left onto Missing Link, heading NE.
  5. 250 ftArrive 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/coal-miners-daughter-missing-link-out-back-6-km-9a24

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:17 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.6 mi in (~17 min). Leave by 6:40 PM for the 7:17 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:48 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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