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.

Elevation

0 mi1,142 – 1,158 ft4.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.83230, -96.70065
Nearest town Belmont, NE

Directions

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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 50 ftTurn right onto Billy Wolff Trail, heading N.
  3. 400 ftBear right onto Salt Creek Levee Trail, heading W.
  4. 0.9 miBear left, heading S.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  6. 0.9 miTurn left, heading S.
  7. 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  9. 0.1 miReach Detroit-Lincoln-Denver Highway Marker, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  12. 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
  13. 0.9 miTurn left, heading N.
  14. 0.9 miBear left onto Billy Wolff Trail, heading E.
  15. 400 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  16. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

74% paved20% gravel6% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:27 PM

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.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: 10th & Military Road stop 584 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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