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Beal Slough Greenway

Helen Boosalis Trail via Old Cheney Road Trail

4.5 mi · ▲ 134 ft · 1 hr 34 min

Helen Boosalis Trail via Old Cheney Road Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Beal Slough Greenway near Pine Lake, NE. It is mostly level, with 134 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,234 – 1,362 ft5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.75556, -96.60655
Nearest town Pine Lake, NE
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Helen Boosalis Trail via Old Cheney Road Trail

4.5 mi · ▲ 134 ft · 1 hr 34 min

Elevation 1,232–1,363 ft

Out & Back · Beal Slough Greenway

Trailhead: 40.75556, -96.60655

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:14 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftTurn right onto Old Cheney Road Trail, heading NW.
  3. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  4. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  5. 1.8 miTurn right, heading SW.
  6. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  7. 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
  8. 500 ftSharp left onto Helen Boosalis Trail, heading NW.
  9. 0.4 miReach Helen Boosalis Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.4 miSharp right onto Old Cheney Road Trail, heading N.
  11. 150 ftBear left, heading N.
  12. 350 ftSharp left, heading N.
  13. 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
  14. 1.8 miSharp right, heading E.
  15. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  16. 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-out-back-7-km-43b2

Trail surface

97% paved3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:27 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~11 min). Leave by 6:56 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:52 PM — 2 min before dark.

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