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Banner Lakes at Summerset State Park

Jerry Kelly Trail–Missing Link, 3 sights

13.5 mi · ▲ 213 ft · 4 hr 36 min

Jerry Kelly Trail–Missing Link, 3 sights is a 13.5-mile out-and-back in Banner Lakes at Summerset State Park near Summerset, IA. It is mostly level, with 213 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi778 – 968 ft14.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Missing Link 41.44435, -93.54464
Nearest town Summerset, IA
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Jerry Kelly Trail–Missing Link, 3 sights

13.5 mi · ▲ 213 ft · 4 hr 36 min

Elevation 778–970 ft

Out & Back · Banner Lakes at Summerset State Park

Trailhead: Missing Link · 41.44435, -93.54464

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:17 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Missing Link, heading SW.
  2. 450 ftContinue straight onto Corner Pocket, heading SW.
  3. 0.1 miBear right onto Summerset Trail, heading S.
  4. 5.7 miContinue straight onto Jerry Kelly Trail, heading W.
  5. 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
  6. 0.4 miReach Missing Link, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Summerset Trail, heading S.
  8. 5.7 miBear left onto Corner Pocket, heading N.
  9. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Missing Link, heading N.
  10. 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/jerry-kelly-trail-missing-link-out-back-3-sights

Trail surface

96% paved3% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:17 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 6.5 mi in (~162 min). Leave by 4:14 PM for the 7:17 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:09 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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