High Trestle Trail
10 mi · ▲ 310 ft · 3 hr 29 min
High Trestle Trail is a 10-mile out-and-back in High Trestle Trail near Woodward, IA. It climbs 310 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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High Trestle Trail
10 mi · ▲ 310 ft · 3 hr 29 min
Elevation 844–1,064 ft
Out & Back · High Trestle Trail
Trailhead: High Trestle Trail · 41.85860, -93.92151
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:18 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on High Trestle Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 5 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 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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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
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from High Trestle Trail Trailhead
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- High Trestle Trail 10.3 mi · ▲ 354 ft
- High Trestle Viewpoint via High Trestle Trail 5 mi · ▲ 79 ft
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