AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Heritage Trail & Levee Trail

4 mi · ▲ 33 ft · 1 hr 21 min

Heritage Trail & Levee Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back near Portland, KY. It is mostly level, with 33 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi381 – 459 ft · steepest grade: 15%4.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 38.29353, -85.79178
Nearest town Portland, KY
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Heritage Trail & Levee Trail

4 mi · ▲ 33 ft · 1 hr 21 min

Elevation 380–460 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 38.29353, -85.79178

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:30 AM · sunset 7:45 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 150 ftTurn right onto Ohio River Greenway, heading E.
  3. 0.4 miTurn left onto Discovery Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Levee Trail, heading SE.
  5. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  6. 400 ftTurn left onto Heritage Trail, heading S.
  7. 0.8 miReach Levee Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.8 miTurn right onto Levee Trail, heading NW.
  9. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Discovery Trail, heading NW.
  10. 0.6 miTurn right onto Ohio River Greenway, heading S.
  11. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  12. 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/heritage-trail-levee-trail-out-back-6-km

Trail surface

29% paved71% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:30 AMSunset 7:45 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.0 mi in (~50 min). Leave by 6:36 PM for the 7:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:49 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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