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Red Mountain Park

Ishkooda Overlook & Spring Gap via Ike Maston Trail

3.3 mi · ▲ 324 ft · 1 hr 16 min

Ishkooda Overlook & Spring Gap via Ike Maston Trail is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in Red Mountain Park near Ware, AL. The route passes Spring Gap before reaching Ishkooda Overlook at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It climbs 324 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi725 – 951 ft · steepest grade: 18%3.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 33.43686, -86.88566
Nearest town Ware, AL
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Ishkooda Overlook & Spring Gap via Ike Maston Trail

3.3 mi · ▲ 324 ft · 1 hr 16 min

Elevation 726–951 ft

Out & Back · Red Mountain Park

Trailhead: 33.43686, -86.88566

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 6:49 PM

Transit-accessible: NE Corner of Ishkooka-Wenonah Rd SW & 33rd St SW stop 630 m from the trailhead

  1. Start on BMRR South Trail, heading SE.
  2. 0.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
  3. 250 ftTurn left onto Ike Maston Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.1 miSharp right onto Redding Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  6. 400 ftSharp right onto Skyhy Ridge Walk, heading E.
  7. 0.4 miPass Spring Gap.
  8. 0.4 miSharp right onto Redding Trail, heading E.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left onto Smythe Trail, heading SW.
  10. 50 ftPass Ishkooda Overlook.
  11. 0.3 miSharp right onto BMRR South Trail, heading SE.
  12. 1.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/ishkooda-overlook-spring-gap-out-back

Trail surface

54% gravel46% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 6:49 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: NE Corner of Ishkooka-Wenonah Rd SW & 33rd St SW stop 630 m from the trailhead

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