Fawn Creek Run–Red Fox Run, 3 sights
2.5 mi · ▲ 466 ft · 1 hr 4 min
Fawn Creek Run–Red Fox Run, 3 sights is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Platte River State Park near South Bend, NE. It climbs 466 ft. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi1,027 – 1,211 ft3.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.99065, -96.21341
Nearest town South Bend, NE
Directions
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Fawn Creek Run–Red Fox Run, 3 sights
2.5 mi · ▲ 466 ft · 1 hr 4 min
Elevation 1,027–1,212 ft
Out & Back · Platte River State Park
Trailhead: 40.99065, -96.21341
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:11 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Ruthie's Backyard Trail, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Pauls Playground, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 350 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left, heading E.
- 100 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Pumptrack, heading SE.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Fawn Creek Run, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Red Fox Run, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Spotted Skunk, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear left onto Swamp Whte, heading N.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Spotted Skunk, heading N.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Swamp Whte, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Bur Oak, heading NE.
- 50 ftReach Ruthie's Backyard Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Swamp Whte, heading E.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Spotted Skunk, heading NE.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Swamp Whte, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Spotted Skunk, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Red Fox Run, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Fawn Creek Run, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Pumptrack, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
- 100 ftBear right, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Pauls Playground, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Ruthie's Backyard Trail, heading S.
- 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 surface
27% dirt73% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:11 AMSunset 7:27 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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