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Levee Trail & Walnut Creek Trail is a 4.9-mile out-and-back near Clive, IA. It is mostly level, with 26 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi801 – 833 ft6.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.60095, -93.71772
Nearest town Clive, IA

Directions

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Levee Trail & Walnut Creek Trail

4.9 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 1 hr 39 min

Elevation 801–833 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 41.60095, -93.71772

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:16 PM

Transit-accessible: University Ave & 73rd St stop 146 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 50 ftTurn left onto Colby Woods Trail, heading S.
  3. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  4. 50 ftBear right onto Walnut Creek Trail, heading SE.
  5. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  6. 200 ftBear right, heading E.
  7. 150 ftBear right, heading E.
  8. 1.6 miSharp right onto Levee Trail, heading SE.
  9. 0.4 miReach Walnut Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.4 miSharp left onto Walnut Creek Trail, heading S.
  11. 1.6 miBear right, heading NW.
  12. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  13. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  14. 200 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  15. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  16. 150 ftBear left onto Colby Woods Trail, heading NW.
  17. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  18. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
  19. 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  20. 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 surface

86% paved14% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:02 AMSunset 7:16 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: University Ave & 73rd St stop 146 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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