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Carney Marsh

Lake Future & Snyder Pond via Gay Lea Wilson Trail

10.3 mi · ▲ 162 ft · 3 hr 31 min

Lake Future & Snyder Pond via Gay Lea Wilson Trail is a 10.3-mile out-and-back in Carney Marsh near Berwick, IA. The route passes Snyder Pond and Lake Future before reaching Lake Future at the turnaround, 5.1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 162 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi866 – 968 ft11.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.67123, -93.56660
Nearest town Berwick, IA
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Lake Future & Snyder Pond via Gay Lea Wilson Trail

10.3 mi · ▲ 162 ft · 3 hr 31 min

Elevation 866–968 ft

Out & Back · Carney Marsh

Trailhead: 41.67123, -93.56660

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:01 AM · sunset 7:15 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 450 ftTurn left onto Gay Lea Wilson Trail, heading NE.
  3. 4.3 miContinue straight onto High Trestle Trail, heading N.
  4. 400 ftTurn left onto Orlabor Gateway Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  6. 50 ftPass Snyder Pond.
  7. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  8. 200 ftBear right, heading W.
  9. 500 ftPass Lake Future.
  10. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  11. 200 ftReach Lake Future, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
  13. 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
  14. 0.3 miTurn right onto High Trestle Trail, heading SE.
  15. 400 ftContinue straight onto Gay Lea Wilson Trail, heading N.
  16. 4.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  17. 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/lake-future-lake-future-out-back-4-lakes-17-km

Trail surface

51% paved49% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:01 AMSunset 7:15 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.5 mi in (~113 min). Leave by 5:02 PM for the 7:15 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:21 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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