Heart of the Warrior Trail & Sugar Creek Trail
6.1 mi · ▲ 135 ft · 2 hr 6 min
Heart of the Warrior Trail & Sugar Creek Trail is a 6.1-mile out-and-back near Midwest Country Estates, IA. It is mostly level, with 135 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Heart of the Warrior Trail & Sugar Creek Trail
6.1 mi · ▲ 135 ft · 2 hr 6 min
Elevation 951–1,054 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Heart of the Warrior Trail · 41.60760, -93.83855
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:16 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Heart of the Warrior Trail, heading W.
- 1.8 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Sugar Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miReach Heart of the Warrior Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Heart of the Warrior Trail, heading N.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~23 min). Leave by 6:33 PM for the 7:16 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:54 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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