High Trestle Trail
12.6 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 4 hr 14 min
High Trestle Trail is a 12.6-mile out-and-back in High Trestle Trail near Crocker, IA. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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High Trestle Trail
12.6 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 4 hr 14 min
Elevation 950–1,000 ft
Out & Back · High Trestle Trail
Trailhead: 41.77505, -93.67014
Weather Sep 22: Light drizzle, high 58°F / low 55° · precip 18% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 7:03 AM · sunset 7:14 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto High Trestle Trail, heading SE.
- 3.6 miSharp left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 300 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 200 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 1.3 miTurn left onto Orlabor Gateway Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right onto High Trestle Trail, heading SE.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 3.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 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 0.8 mi in (~18 min). Leave by 6:36 PM for the 7:14 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:47 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
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