Helen Boosalis Trail via Rock Island Trail
4.6 mi · ▲ 108 ft · 1 hr 35 min
Helen Boosalis Trail via Rock Island Trail is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Antelope Park South near Lincoln, NE. It is mostly level, with 108 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Helen Boosalis Trail via Rock Island Trail
4.6 mi · ▲ 108 ft · 1 hr 35 min
Elevation 1,182–1,256 ft
Out & Back · Antelope Park South
Trailhead: 40.78994, -96.67471
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:14 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Old Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Rock Island Trail, heading S.
- 1 miTurn right onto Helen Boosalis / Rock Island Trail, heading SW.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Helen Boosalis Trail, heading SW.
- 0.9 miReach Helen Boosalis Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Helen Boosalis / Rock Island Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Rock Island Trail, heading E.
- 1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Old Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive 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 0.6 mi in (~17 min). Leave by 6:51 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:58 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Old Cheney Road Trail 8.4 mi · ▲ 216 ft
- Old Cheney Road Trail 8.3 mi · ▲ 165 ft
- Old Cheney Road Trail 8.4 mi · ▲ 213 ft
- Old Cheney Road Trail 8.1 mi · ▲ 163 ft
- Old Cheney Road Trail 8.1 mi · ▲ 164 ft
- Rock Island Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 80 ft
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