Lake Red Rock - Lake Red Rock Project
Lake Red Rock
10.9 mi · ▲ 302 ft · 3 hr 47 min
Lake Red Rock is a 10.9-mile out-and-back in Lake Red Rock - Lake Red Rock Project near Otley, IA. The route reaches Lake Red Rock. It climbs 302 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Lake Red Rock
10.9 mi · ▲ 302 ft · 3 hr 47 min
Elevation 758–853 ft
Out & Back · Lake Red Rock - Lake Red Rock Project
Trailhead: 41.40074, -92.99150
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:14 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 3.3 miBear right, heading NW.
- 1.3 miPass Lake Red Rock.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.9 miReach Lake Red Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 1.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 3.3 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:54 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:14 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:42 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Des Moines River & Lake Red Rock - Lake Red Rock Project Beach 8.1 mi · ▲ 251 ft
- Lake Red Rock - Lake Red Rock Project Beach 4.9 mi · ▲ 137 ft
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