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Detroit-Lincoln-Denver Highway Marker via Salt Creek Levee Trail

2.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 52 min

Detroit-Lincoln-Denver Highway Marker via Salt Creek Levee Trail is a 2.6-mile out-and-back near Woodlawn Estates, NE. The route reaches Detroit-Lincoln-Denver Highway Marker at the turnaround, 1.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,142 – 1,165 ft3.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.81809, -96.70882
Nearest town Woodlawn Estates, NE
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Detroit-Lincoln-Denver Highway Marker via Salt Creek Levee Trail

2.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 52 min

Elevation 1,142–1,164 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.81809, -96.70882

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:13 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

Transit-accessible: 9th & "T" Street stop 128 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 450 ftTurn left, heading W.
  3. 100 ftBear left, heading W.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  5. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  6. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  9. 400 ftTurn left, heading W.
  10. 150 ftContinue straight onto Salt Creek Levee Trail, heading NW.
  11. 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
  12. 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
  13. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  14. 0.1 miReach Detroit-Lincoln-Denver Highway Marker, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  16. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  17. 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
  18. 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
  19. 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  20. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  21. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  22. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  23. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  24. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  25. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  26. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/detroit-lincoln-denver-highway-marker-out-back-4-km

Trail surface

56% paved30% gravel14% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:13 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 7:07 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:46 PM — 11 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: 9th & "T" Street stop 128 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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