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Platte River State Park

Jenny Newman Lake–Fawn Creek Run, 4 sights

3.3 mi · ▲ 582 ft · 1 hr 23 min

Jenny Newman Lake–Fawn Creek Run, 4 sights is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in Platte River State Park near South Bend, NE. The route reaches Jenny Newman Lake. It climbs 582 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,027 – 1,211 ft · steepest grade: 17%4.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.98700, -96.22223
Nearest town South Bend, NE
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Jenny Newman Lake–Fawn Creek Run, 4 sights

3.3 mi · ▲ 582 ft · 1 hr 23 min

Elevation 1,027–1,212 ft

Out & Back · Platte River State Park

Trailhead: 40.98700, -96.22223

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:11 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftPass Jenny Newman Lake.
  3. 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  6. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  7. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Ruthie's Backyard Trail, heading E.
  8. 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
  9. 200 ftTurn right onto Pauls Playground, heading NE.
  10. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  11. 350 ftBear left, heading E.
  12. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  13. 100 ftBear left, heading E.
  14. 100 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  15. 50 ftContinue straight onto Pumptrack, heading NE.
  16. 500 ftTurn right onto Fawn Creek Run, heading E.
  17. 200 ftTurn left onto Red Fox Run, heading SE.
  18. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Red Oak / Cougar Ridge, heading E.
  19. 500 ftReach Jenny Newman Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  20. 500 ftContinue straight onto Red Fox Run, heading N.
  21. 0.3 miTurn right onto Fawn Creek Run, heading NE.
  22. 200 ftTurn left onto Pumptrack, heading SE.
  23. 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
  24. 100 ftBear right, heading E.
  25. 100 ftBear right, heading E.
  26. 0.1 miBear right onto Pauls Playground, heading NW.
  27. 400 ftTurn left, heading W.
  28. 200 ftTurn right onto Ruthie's Backyard Trail, heading W.
  29. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
  30. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
  31. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  32. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  33. 50 ftArrive 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/jenny-newman-lake-fawn-creek-run-out-back-4-sights-5-km

Trail surface

24% dirt1% gravel75% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:11 AMSunset 7:27 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead

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