Detroit-Lincoln-Denver Highway Marker via Salt Creek Levee Trail
4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 20 min
Detroit-Lincoln-Denver Highway Marker via Salt Creek Levee Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back near Belmont, NE. The route reaches Detroit-Lincoln-Denver Highway Marker at the turnaround, 2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Detroit-Lincoln-Denver Highway Marker via Salt Creek Levee Trail
4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 20 min
Elevation 1,142–1,157 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.83230, -96.70065
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:14 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Transit-accessible: 10th & Military Road stop 584 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Billy Wolff Trail, heading N.
- 400 ftBear right onto Salt Creek Levee Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miReach Detroit-Lincoln-Denver Highway Marker, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.9 miBear left onto Billy Wolff Trail, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 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 0.8 mi in (~20 min). Leave by 6:47 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:03 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: 10th & Military Road stop 584 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Salt Creek Levee Trail 14.2 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Salt Creek Levee Trail 14.1 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Salt Creek Levee Trail 13.8 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Salt Creek Levee Trail 13.7 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Salt Creek Levee Trail 13.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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