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Platte River State Park

Fawn Creek Run–Red Fox Run, 3 sights

3.2 mi · ▲ 525 ft · 1 hr 20 min

Fawn Creek Run–Red Fox Run, 3 sights is a 3.2-mile out-and-back in Platte River State Park near South Bend, NE. It climbs 525 ft. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,027 – 1,211 ft4.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.98669, -96.21988
Nearest town South Bend, NE
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Fawn Creek Run–Red Fox Run, 3 sights

3.2 mi · ▲ 525 ft · 1 hr 20 min

Elevation 1,027–1,212 ft

Out & Back · Platte River State Park

Trailhead: 40.98669, -96.21988

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:11 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  3. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  4. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Ruthie's Backyard Trail, heading NE.
  6. 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  7. 200 ftTurn right onto Pauls Playground, heading E.
  8. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  9. 350 ftBear left, heading E.
  10. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  11. 100 ftBear left, heading SE.
  12. 100 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  13. 100 ftContinue straight onto Pumptrack, heading E.
  14. 500 ftTurn right onto Fawn Creek Run, heading E.
  15. 150 ftTurn left onto Red Fox Run, heading E.
  16. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Red Oak / Cougar Ridge, heading NW.
  17. 500 ftReach Ruthie's Backyard Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 500 ftContinue straight onto Red Fox Run, heading NE.
  19. 0.3 miTurn right onto Fawn Creek Run, heading E.
  20. 200 ftTurn left onto Pumptrack, heading E.
  21. 0.1 miSharp right, heading SE.
  22. 100 ftBear right, heading E.
  23. 100 ftBear right, heading SE.
  24. 0.1 miBear right onto Pauls Playground, heading W.
  25. 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
  26. 250 ftTurn right onto Ruthie's Backyard Trail, heading W.
  27. 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
  28. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  29. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  30. 50 ftArrive 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/fawn-creek-run-red-fox-run-out-back-3-sights-5-km

Trail surface

25% dirt1% gravel74% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:11 AMSunset 7:27 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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