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Great Plains Trails Network Connector Trail & Rock Island Trail via Old Cheney Road Trail

8.3 mi · ▲ 272 ft · 2 hr 54 min

Great Plains Trails Network Connector Trail & Rock Island Trail via Old Cheney Road Trail is an 8.3-mile out-and-back in Wilderness Park near College View, NE. It climbs 272 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,152 – 1,299 ft9.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.75069, -96.64520
Nearest town College View, NE
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Great Plains Trails Network Connector Trail & Rock Island Trail via Old Cheney Road Trail

8.3 mi · ▲ 272 ft · 2 hr 54 min

Elevation 1,152–1,299 ft

Out & Back · Wilderness Park

Trailhead: 40.75069, -96.64520

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 300 ftSharp right onto Helen Boosalis Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left onto Old Cheney Road Trail, heading NE.
  4. 2.7 miTurn left onto Rock Island Trail, heading W.
  5. 0.8 miTurn right onto Great Plains Trails Network Connector Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Rock Island Trail, heading SW.
  7. 450 ftContinue straight onto Wilderness Park Trail, heading SW.
  8. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Danger Bridge, heading SW.
  9. 150 ftReach Rock Island Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 150 ftContinue straight onto Wilderness Park Trail, heading SW.
  11. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Rock Island Trail, heading S.
  12. 450 ftContinue straight onto Great Plains Trails Network Connector Trail, heading SW.
  13. 0.3 miTurn left onto Rock Island Trail, heading NE.
  14. 0.8 miTurn right onto Old Cheney Road Trail, heading NE.
  15. 2.7 miTurn right onto Helen Boosalis Trail, heading E.
  16. 0.2 miSharp left onto Waltz Place, heading E.
  17. 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/great-plains-trails-network-connector-trail-rock-island-trail-out-back

Trail surface

91% paved2% dirt2% gravel5% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:13 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.2 mi in (~32 min). Leave by 6:37 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:14 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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