Holmes Lake Park Beach via Billy Wolff Trail
4.7 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 1 hr 36 min
Holmes Lake Park Beach via Billy Wolff Trail is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Holmes Lake Park near Lincoln, NE. The route passes Holmes Lake Park Beach before reaching Holmes Lake Park Beach at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 81 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Holmes Lake Park Beach via Billy Wolff Trail
4.7 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 1 hr 36 min
Elevation 1,186–1,274 ft
Out & Back · Holmes Lake Park
Trailhead: Billy Wolff Trail · 40.79503, -96.66945
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:14 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Billy Wolff Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 1.4 miPass Holmes Lake Park Beach.
- 0.3 miReach Holmes Lake Park Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.6 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.2 mi in (~54 min). Leave by 6:13 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:35 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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