High Trestle Trail
4.4 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 1 hr 29 min
High Trestle Trail is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in High Trestle Trail near Ankeny, IA. It is mostly level, with 26 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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High Trestle Trail
4.4 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 1 hr 29 min
Elevation 934–981 ft
Out & Back · High Trestle Trail
Trailhead: 41.73911, -93.63582
Weather Sep 24: sunrise 7:04 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right onto High Trestle Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miArrive 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 2.2 mi in (~54 min). Leave by 5:57 PM for the 7:12 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:20 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Orlabor Gateway Trail 9.1 mi · ▲ 107 ft
- Orlabor Gateway Trail 9.2 mi · ▲ 108 ft
- Orlabor Gateway Trail 9.2 mi · ▲ 108 ft
- High Trestle Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 28 ft
- High Trestle Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 28 ft
- High Trestle Trail Loop 6.7 mi · ▲ 26 ft
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