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Cahaba River Park

Flying Turtle–HIgh Voltage, 6 sights

3.1 mi · ▲ 108 ft · 1 hr 5 min

Flying Turtle–HIgh Voltage, 6 sights is a 3.1-mile out-and-back in Cahaba River Park near Boothton, AL. It is mostly level, with 108 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 82/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi308 – 463 ft · steepest grade: 16%3.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Red Rock Road 33.18695, -86.99986
Nearest town Boothton, AL
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Flying Turtle–HIgh Voltage, 6 sights

3.1 mi · ▲ 108 ft · 1 hr 5 min

Elevation 310–462 ft

Out & Back · Cahaba River Park

Trailhead: Red Rock Road · 33.18695, -86.99986

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:49 PM

Toilets at the trailhead

  1. Start on Red Rock Road, heading E.
  2. 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftBear right onto Peaceful Easy Feeling, heading NW.
  5. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Without A Paddle, heading NE.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Peaceful Easy Feeling, heading NE.
  7. 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
  8. 300 ftTurn right onto Lost Lake Loop, heading NW.
  9. 300 ftTurn left onto HIgh Voltage, heading N.
  10. 50 ftTurn right onto Lost Lake Loop, heading N.
  11. 400 ftBear left onto Flycatcher, heading W.
  12. 350 ftSharp left onto HIgh Voltage, heading NW.
  13. 150 ftBear right onto Lost Lake Loop, heading NW.
  14. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Flying Turtle, heading W.
  15. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Turtleback Ridge, heading SE.
  16. 0.1 miTurn left onto Without A Paddle, heading NE.
  17. 0.1 miSharp right onto Peaceful Easy Feeling, heading SE.
  18. 0.5 miBear left, heading S.
  19. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  20. 0.1 miSharp right onto Red Rock Road, heading S.
  21. 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/flying-turtle-out-back

Trail surface

96% dirt4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:49 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 6:28 PM for the 6:49 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:06 PM — 8 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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