Lake Hefner
5.1 mi · ▲ 106 ft · 1 hr 45 min
Lake Hefner is a 5.1-mile out-and-back in Bluff Creek Park near Warr Acres, OK. The route reaches Lake Hefner. It is mostly level, with 106 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Lake Hefner
5.1 mi · ▲ 106 ft · 1 hr 45 min
Elevation 1,113–1,202 ft
Out & Back · Bluff Creek Park
Trailhead: Hefner-Overholser Trail · 35.56562, -97.61815
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:18 AM · sunset 7:32 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Hefner-Overholser Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Lake Hefner.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Bert Cooper Trails (Lake Hefner Trails), heading N.
- 1.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp right onto North Portland Avenue, heading E.
- 350 ftReach Lake Hefner, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Bert Cooper Trails (Lake Hefner Trails), heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading NW.
- 1.3 miTurn right onto Hefner-Overholser Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.5 mi in (~64 min). Leave by 6:08 PM for the 7:32 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:50 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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