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Bluff Creek Park

Lake Hefner & Bert Cooper Trails (Lake Hefner Trails)

6 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 2 hr 2 min

Lake Hefner & Bert Cooper Trails (Lake Hefner Trails) is a 6-mile out-and-back in Bluff Creek Park near The Village, OK. The route reaches Lake Hefner. It is mostly level, with 80 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,112 – 1,211 ft6.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 35.58434, -97.60589
Nearest town The Village, OK
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Lake Hefner & Bert Cooper Trails (Lake Hefner Trails)

6 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 2 hr 2 min

Elevation 1,113–1,210 ft

Out & Back · Bluff Creek Park

Trailhead: 35.58434, -97.60589

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:18 AM · sunset 7:32 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.1 miPass Lake Hefner.
  3. 50 ftTurn right onto Bert Cooper Trails (Lake Hefner Trails), heading W.
  4. 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
  5. 1.3 miContinue straight onto Hefner-Overholser Trail, heading S.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bert Cooper Trails (Lake Hefner Trails), heading S.
  7. 1.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  8. 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  10. 100 ftReach Lake Hefner, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  12. 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  13. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  14. 1.4 miContinue straight onto Hefner-Overholser Trail, heading N.
  15. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bert Cooper Trails (Lake Hefner Trails), heading N.
  16. 1.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
  17. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/lake-hefner-bert-cooper-trails-lake-hefner-trails-out-back-10-km-e4a4

Trail surface

64% paved36% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:18 AMSunset 7:32 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~12 min). Leave by 7:00 PM for the 7:32 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:58 PM — 0 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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