High Trestle Trail
9.3 mi · ▲ 160 ft · 3 hr 11 min
High Trestle Trail is a 9.3-mile out-and-back near Woodward, IA. It is mostly level, with 160 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 35/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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High Trestle Trail
9.3 mi · ▲ 160 ft · 3 hr 11 min
Elevation 917–1,071 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 41.85680, -93.92213
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:18 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto High Trestle Trail, heading W.
- 4.6 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 4.6 miTurn right, heading S.
- 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 surface
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:58 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:18 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:46 PM.
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- High Trestle Trail 9.1 mi · ▲ 160 ft
- High Trestle Trail 10 mi · ▲ 310 ft
- High Trestle Trail 10.3 mi · ▲ 354 ft
- High Trestle Viewpoint via High Trestle Trail 5 mi · ▲ 79 ft
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