DaCovid Viewpoint–Jenny Newman Lake, 4 sights is a 2.3-mile out-and-back in Platte River State Park near South Bend, NE. The route passes Jenny Newman Lake and DaCovid Viewpoint. It climbs 296 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi1,034 – 1,221 ft · steepest grade: 15%3.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.99182, -96.21160
Nearest town South Bend, NE
Directions
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DaCovid Viewpoint–Jenny Newman Lake, 4 sights
2.3 mi · ▲ 296 ft · 55 min
Elevation 1,033–1,222 ft
Out & Back · Platte River State Park
Trailhead: 40.99182, -96.21160
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:11 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 100 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto DaCovid, heading SW.
- 500 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 300 ftPass Jenny Newman Lake.
- 500 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 450 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.6 miSharp right, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto River Run, heading SW.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto East Bound and Down, heading SW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto River Run, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto East Bound and Down, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miPass DaCovid Viewpoint.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 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
27% dirt73% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:11 AMSunset 7:27 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Stone Creek Falls–DaCovid Viewpoint, 3 viewpoints 1.2 mi · ▲ 211 ft
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