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Antelope Park South

Helen Boosalis Trail & Old Trail via Rock Island Trail

6 mi · ▲ 133 ft · 2 hr 4 min

Helen Boosalis Trail & Old Trail via Rock Island Trail is a 6-mile out-and-back in Antelope Park South near Lincoln, NE. It is mostly level, with 133 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,171 – 1,257 ft7.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Billy Wolff Trail 40.79503, -96.66945
Nearest town Lincoln, NE
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Helen Boosalis Trail & Old Trail via Rock Island Trail

6 mi · ▲ 133 ft · 2 hr 4 min

Elevation 1,173–1,256 ft

Out & Back · Antelope Park South

Trailhead: Billy Wolff Trail · 40.79503, -96.66945

Weather Sep 20: Light drizzle, high 66°F / low 61° · precip 10% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 7:13 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Billy Wolff Trail, heading NW.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  4. 500 ftTurn left onto Old Trail, heading S.
  5. 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
  6. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Rock Island Trail, heading S.
  7. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  8. 50 ftTurn right onto Old Trail, heading S.
  9. 0.5 miTurn left onto Rock Island Trail, heading S.
  10. 1 miTurn right onto Helen Boosalis / Rock Island Trail, heading SW.
  11. 300 ftContinue straight onto Helen Boosalis Trail, heading SW.
  12. 0.9 miReach Old Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 1 miContinue straight onto Helen Boosalis / Rock Island Trail, heading E.
  14. 50 ftTurn left onto Rock Island Trail, heading E.
  15. 1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  16. 100 ftContinue straight onto Old Trail, heading NE.
  17. 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  18. 50 ftTurn right onto Rock Island Trail, heading N.
  19. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Old Trail, heading NW.
  20. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  21. 150 ftTurn right onto Veterans Drive, heading N.
  22. 500 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  23. 50 ftTurn right onto Billy Wolff Trail, heading NW.
  24. 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-3-sights-10-km-cdf0

Trail surface

96% paved4% unspecified

Weather

Light drizzleTemperature 66°F61°
Precip10%Wind7 mphUV3Humidity93%
Rained 2.9″ 4 days ago
Hourly temperature
70°55°
Sunrise 7:13 AM12 AM3 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:29 PM
Mon 66°58°
Tue 68°56°
Wed 74°54°
Thu 64°57° 57%
Fri 74°57° 48%
Sat 83°60° 42%

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.4 mi in (~35 min). Leave by 6:34 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:18 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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