Copper Creek Lake via Gay Lea Wilson Trail
4.4 mi · ▲ 29 ft · 1 hr 29 min
Copper Creek Lake via Gay Lea Wilson Trail is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Copper Creek Lake Park near Pleasant Hill, IA. The route reaches Copper Creek Lake. It is mostly level, with 29 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Copper Creek Lake via Gay Lea Wilson Trail
4.4 mi · ▲ 29 ft · 1 hr 29 min
Elevation 791–824 ft
Out & Back · Copper Creek Lake Park
Trailhead: Gay Lea Wilson Trail · 41.58327, -93.53185
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:17 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Gay Lea Wilson Trail, heading N.
- 1.6 miPass Copper Creek Lake.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.6 miReach Copper Creek Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 1.6 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 7:44 PM.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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