AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Mahoney Park

Elton Lux Memorial Drive & Shanda Dixon Trail

2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 40 min

Elton Lux Memorial Drive & Shanda Dixon Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in Mahoney Park near Havelock, NE. 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 mi1,184 – 1,207 ft2.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: 84th Street Trail 40.84629, -96.60651
Nearest town Havelock, NE
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Elton Lux Memorial Drive & Shanda Dixon Trail

2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 40 min

Elevation 1,185–1,207 ft

Out & Back · Mahoney Park

Trailhead: 84th Street Trail · 40.84629, -96.60651

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

Transit-accessible: Walmart stop 382 m from the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on 84th Street Trail, heading N.
  2. 0.2 miBear right onto Shanda Dixon Trail;84th Street Trail, heading N.
  3. 500 ftBear left onto Shanda Dixon Trail, heading W.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Elton Lux Memorial Drive, heading NW.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Shanda Dixon Trail, heading NW.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Elton Lux Memorial Drive, heading NW.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Shanda Dixon Trail, heading NW.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Elton Lux Memorial Drive, heading W.
  9. 150 ftContinue straight onto Shanda Dixon Trail, heading W.
  10. 100 ftContinue straight onto Elton Lux Memorial Drive, heading W.
  11. 150 ftContinue straight onto Shanda Dixon Trail, heading W.
  12. 500 ftContinue straight onto Elton Lux Memorial Drive, heading W.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left onto Shanda Dixon Trail, heading W.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Elton Lux Memorial Drive, heading W.
  15. 250 ftTurn right onto Shanda Dixon Trail, heading W.
  16. 0.3 miReach Shanda Dixon Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 0.3 miTurn left onto Elton Lux Memorial Drive, heading W.
  18. 250 ftContinue straight onto Shanda Dixon Trail, heading E.
  19. 50 ftTurn right onto Elton Lux Memorial Drive, heading E.
  20. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Shanda Dixon Trail, heading E.
  21. 500 ftContinue straight onto Elton Lux Memorial Drive, heading NE.
  22. 150 ftContinue straight onto Shanda Dixon Trail, heading N.
  23. 100 ftContinue straight onto Elton Lux Memorial Drive, heading N.
  24. 150 ftContinue straight onto Shanda Dixon Trail, heading NE.
  25. 50 ftContinue straight onto Elton Lux Memorial Drive, heading N.
  26. 50 ftContinue straight onto Shanda Dixon Trail, heading NE.
  27. 50 ftContinue straight onto Elton Lux Memorial Drive, heading NE.
  28. 50 ftContinue straight onto Shanda Dixon Trail, heading E.
  29. 50 ftBear right onto Shanda Dixon Trail;84th Street Trail, heading NE.
  30. 500 ftBear left onto 84th Street Trail, heading E.
  31. 0.2 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/elton-lux-memorial-drive-out-back-6303

Trail surface

100% paved

Weather

Sunrise 7:13 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~9 min). Leave by 7:00 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:53 PM — 3 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Walmart stop 382 m from the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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