Heritage Lake & Coffee Creek Trail
12.8 mi · ▲ 298 ft · 4 hr 25 min
Heritage Lake & Coffee Creek Trail is a 12.8-mile out-and-back in Heritage Park near Morse, KS. The route passes Heritage Lake before reaching Heritage Lake at the turnaround, 6.4 miles in. It climbs 298 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Heritage Lake & Coffee Creek Trail
12.8 mi · ▲ 298 ft · 4 hr 25 min
Elevation 961–1,093 ft
Out & Back · Heritage Park
Trailhead: 38.86653, -94.70164
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:05 AM · sunset 7:21 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading W.
- 1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 1.9 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Coffee Creek Trail, heading S.
- 1.8 miTurn right onto Heritage Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miPass Heritage Lake.
- 0.4 miPass Heritage Lake.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 150 ftReach Heritage Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miTurn left onto Coffee Creek Trail, heading E.
- 1.8 miSharp left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 1.9 miTurn right, heading N.
- 1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.6 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 2.6 mi in (~66 min). Leave by 5:54 PM for the 7:21 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:42 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Coffee Creek Trail 10.3 mi · ▲ 297 ft
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