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Hawkeye Wildlife Management Area

Crescent Pond & Greencastle Avenue Northwest

2.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 58 min

Crescent Pond & Greencastle Avenue Northwest is a 2.9-mile out-and-back in Hawkeye Wildlife Management Area near Cou Falls, IA. The route reaches Crescent Pond. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain. It scores 57/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi689 – 709 ft2.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Greencastle Avenue Northwest 41.78559, -91.71492
Nearest town Cou Falls, IA
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Crescent Pond & Greencastle Avenue Northwest

2.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 58 min

Elevation 689–710 ft

Out & Back · Hawkeye Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: Greencastle Avenue Northwest · 41.78559, -91.71492

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:53 AM · sunset 7:09 PM

  1. Start on Greencastle Avenue Northwest, heading S.
  2. 50 ftPass Crescent Pond.
  3. 1.4 miBear right, heading S.
  4. 500 ftReach Crescent Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 1.5 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/crescent-pond-greencastle-avenue-northwest-out-back

Trail surface

51% gravel49% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:53 AMSunset 7:09 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:49 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:09 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:37 PM.

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