David Canny Rountree Branch Trail & Pioneer Trail
4.8 mi · ▲ 79 ft · 1 hr 38 min
David Canny Rountree Branch Trail & Pioneer Trail is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Memorial Park near Platteville, WI. It is mostly level, with 79 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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David Canny Rountree Branch Trail & Pioneer Trail
4.8 mi · ▲ 79 ft · 1 hr 38 min
Elevation 838–920 ft
Out & Back · Memorial Park
Trailhead: 42.73011, -90.50130
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:03 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Pioneer Trail, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto David Canny Rountree Branch Trail, heading S.
- 1.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Rountree Branch Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miReach Pioneer Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto David Canny Rountree Branch Trail, heading NE.
- 1.4 miContinue straight onto Pioneer Trail, heading W.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive 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 1.5 mi in (~37 min). Leave by 6:06 PM for the 7:03 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:54 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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