High Trestle Trail
4.6 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 1 hr 33 min
High Trestle Trail is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in High Trestle Trail near Ankeny, IA. It is mostly level, with 28 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
4.6 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 1 hr 33 min
Elevation 934–981 ft
Out & Back · High Trestle Trail
Trailhead: 41.73787, -93.63791
Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:03 AM · sunset 7:14 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 300 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 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 SW.
- 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 miBear left, heading SW.
- 100 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 2.3 mi in (~56 min). Leave by 5:58 PM for the 7:14 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:24 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- High Trestle Trail 7.9 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Orlabor Gateway Trail 9.1 mi · ▲ 107 ft
- Orlabor Gateway Trail 9.2 mi · ▲ 108 ft
- Orlabor Gateway Trail 9.2 mi · ▲ 108 ft
- Orlabor Gateway Trail 8 mi · ▲ 107 ft
- High Trestle Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 27 ft
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