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Antelope Park South

Helen Boosalis Trail & Old Trail via Old Cheney Road Trail

9.1 mi · ▲ 218 ft · 3 hr 9 min

Helen Boosalis Trail & Old Trail via Old Cheney Road Trail is a 9.1-mile out-and-back in Antelope Park South near Lincoln, NE. It is mostly level, with 218 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,191 – 1,299 ft10.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Old Trail 40.79282, -96.67528
Nearest town Lincoln, NE
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Helen Boosalis Trail & Old Trail via Old Cheney Road Trail

9.1 mi · ▲ 218 ft · 3 hr 9 min

Elevation 1,190–1,299 ft

Out & Back · Antelope Park South

Trailhead: Old Trail · 40.79282, -96.67528

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

Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Old Trail, heading SE.
  2. 350 ftContinue straight onto Rock Island Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  4. 50 ftTurn right onto Old Trail, heading SE.
  5. 0.5 miTurn left onto Rock Island Trail, heading S.
  6. 1 miTurn right onto Helen Boosalis / Rock Island Trail, heading SW.
  7. 150 ftTurn left onto Rock Island Trail, heading SW.
  8. 500 ftContinue straight onto Tierra Williamsburg Trail, heading W.
  9. 1 miTurn left, heading S.
  10. 150 ftContinue straight onto Old Cheney Road Trail, heading S.
  11. 1.6 miTurn right onto Helen Boosalis Trail, heading E.
  12. 0.4 miReach Old Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.4 miTurn left onto Old Cheney Road Trail, heading N.
  14. 1.6 miTurn right onto Tierra Williamsburg Trail, heading W.
  15. 1 miContinue straight onto Rock Island Trail, heading N.
  16. 500 ftTurn right onto Helen Boosalis / Rock Island Trail, heading NW.
  17. 150 ftTurn left onto Rock Island Trail, heading NW.
  18. 1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  19. 100 ftContinue straight onto Old Trail, heading NE.
  20. 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  21. 50 ftTurn right onto Rock Island Trail, heading N.
  22. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Old Trail, heading N.
  23. 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/helen-boosalis-trail-old-trail-out-back-15-km-0f37

Trail surface

97% paved3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:13 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.1 mi in (~79 min). Leave by 5:50 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:03 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

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

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