Platte River State Park

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Ruthie's Backyard Trail, heading E.
  3. 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
  4. 200 ftTurn right onto Pauls Playground, heading E.
  5. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  6. 350 ftBear left, heading NE.
  7. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  8. 150 ftBear left, heading E.
  9. 100 ftSharp left, heading E.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Pumptrack, heading SE.
  11. 500 ftTurn right onto Fawn Creek Run, heading E.
  12. 200 ftTurn left onto Red Fox Run, heading S.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left onto Spotted Skunk, heading NW.
  14. 250 ftBear left onto Swamp Whte, heading N.
  15. 100 ftContinue straight onto Spotted Skunk, heading N.
  16. 250 ftContinue straight onto Swamp Whte, heading N.
  17. 150 ftTurn left onto Bur Oak, heading NE.
  18. 50 ftReach Ruthie's Backyard Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  19. 50 ftTurn right onto Swamp Whte, heading E.
  20. 100 ftContinue straight onto Spotted Skunk, heading NE.
  21. 300 ftContinue straight onto Swamp Whte, heading NE.
  22. 50 ftBear right onto Spotted Skunk, heading E.
  23. 250 ftTurn right onto Red Fox Run, heading E.
  24. 0.2 miTurn right onto Fawn Creek Run, heading E.
  25. 200 ftTurn left onto Pumptrack, heading N.
  26. 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
  27. 100 ftBear right, heading N.
  28. 150 ftBear right, heading N.
  29. 0.1 miBear right onto Pauls Playground, heading S.
  30. 400 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  31. 200 ftTurn right onto Ruthie's Backyard Trail, heading S.
  32. 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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