Prairie State Park

Coyote Trail & Nature Center Interpretive Trail

5 mi · ▲ 107 ft · 1 hr 43 min

Coyote Trail & Nature Center Interpretive Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back in Prairie State Park near Fuller, KS. It is mostly level, with 107 ft of elevation gain, and mostly grass. It scores 65/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi860 – 948 ft5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 37.52539, -94.57095
Nearest town Fuller, KS

Directions

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Coyote Trail & Nature Center Interpretive Trail

5 mi · ▲ 107 ft · 1 hr 43 min

Elevation 860–948 ft

Out & Back · Prairie State Park

Trailhead: 37.52539, -94.57095

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:05 AM · sunset 7:20 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 50 ftBear right onto Nature Center Interpretive Trail, heading N.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto Drovers Trail and Coyote Trail, heading N.
  4. 450 ftTurn left onto Coyote Trail, heading NW.
  5. 2.4 miReach Nature Center Interpretive Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 2.4 miTurn right onto Drovers Trail and Coyote Trail, heading W.
  7. 450 ftContinue straight onto Nature Center Interpretive Trail, heading SW.
  8. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  9. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

100% grass

Weather

Sunrise 7:05 AMSunset 7:20 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.2 mi in (~57 min). Leave by 6:03 PM for the 7:20 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:31 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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