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Detroit-Lincoln-Denver Highway Marker & Salt Creek Level Trail (original) via Salt Creek Levee Trail

4.2 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 1 hr 25 min

Detroit-Lincoln-Denver Highway Marker & Salt Creek Level Trail (original) via Salt Creek Levee Trail is a 4.2-mile out-and-back near Woodlawn Estates, NE. The route reaches Detroit-Lincoln-Denver Highway Marker. It is mostly level, with 26 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,132 – 1,165 ft4.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.81377, -96.70924
Nearest town Woodlawn Estates, NE
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Detroit-Lincoln-Denver Highway Marker & Salt Creek Level Trail (original) via Salt Creek Levee Trail

4.2 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 1 hr 25 min

Elevation 1,131–1,165 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.81377, -96.70924

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

Transit-accessible: 8th & "P" Street stop 145 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.5 miPass Detroit-Lincoln-Denver Highway Marker.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  5. 350 ftTurn left onto Salt Creek Levee Trail, heading W.
  6. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Salt Creek Level Trail, heading S.
  7. 50 ftSharp right onto Salt Creek Level Trail (original), heading S.
  8. 0.6 miReach Detroit-Lincoln-Denver Highway Marker, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.6 miSharp left onto Salt Creek Level Trail, heading N.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Salt Creek Levee Trail, heading N.
  11. 0.9 miTurn right, heading N.
  12. 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
  13. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  14. 0.4 miArrive 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-salt-creek-level-trail-original-out-back-7-km

Trail surface

63% paved32% gravel5% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:13 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.2 mi in (~29 min). Leave by 6:40 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:14 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: 8th & "P" Street stop 145 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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