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Antelope Park South

Holmes Lake Park Beach & Old Trail via Billy Wolff Trail

9.4 mi · ▲ 189 ft · 3 hr 14 min

Holmes Lake Park Beach & Old Trail via Billy Wolff Trail is a 9.4-mile out-and-back in Antelope Park South near College View, NE. The route reaches Holmes Lake Park Beach. It is mostly level, with 189 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,171 – 1,283 ft10.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.79063, -96.62738
Nearest town College View, NE
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Holmes Lake Park Beach & Old Trail via Billy Wolff Trail

9.4 mi · ▲ 189 ft · 3 hr 14 min

Elevation 1,173–1,282 ft

Out & Back · Antelope Park South

Trailhead: 40.79063, -96.62738

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:13 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Billy Wolff Trail, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftPass Holmes Lake Park Beach.
  4. 1.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  6. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  7. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  9. 500 ftTurn left onto Old Trail, heading NW.
  10. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  11. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Rock Island Trail, heading SW.
  12. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  13. 50 ftTurn right onto Old Trail, heading SW.
  14. 0.5 miTurn left onto Rock Island Trail, heading S.
  15. 1 miTurn right onto Helen Boosalis / Rock Island Trail, heading SW.
  16. 150 ftTurn left onto Rock Island Trail, heading SW.
  17. 400 ftReach Holmes Lake Park Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 350 ftTurn right onto Helen Boosalis / Rock Island Trail, heading SW.
  19. 150 ftTurn left onto Rock Island Trail, heading SW.
  20. 1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  21. 100 ftContinue straight onto Old Trail, heading NE.
  22. 0.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
  23. 50 ftTurn right onto Rock Island Trail, heading NE.
  24. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Old Trail, heading N.
  25. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  26. 150 ftTurn right onto Veterans Drive, heading N.
  27. 500 ftTurn left, heading N.
  28. 50 ftTurn right onto Billy Wolff Trail, heading N.
  29. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  30. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  31. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  32. 1.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/holmes-lake-park-beach-holmes-lake-park-beach-out-back-5-beaches-13-km-8c3a

Trail surface

89% paved9% dirt2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:13 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:08 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:29 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:56 PM.

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