Lime Basin–J11 Mountain Bike Trail, 3 sights is a 7.9-mile out-and-back in Water Works Park near Windsor Heights, IA. The route reaches Lime Basin at the turnaround, 4 miles in. 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 mi794 – 830 ft8.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Walnut Creek Trail 41.59604, -93.71578
Nearest town Windsor Heights, IA
Directions
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Lime Basin–J11 Mountain Bike Trail, 3 sights
7.9 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 2 hr 39 min
Elevation 793–829 ft
Out & Back · Water Works Park
Trailhead: Walnut Creek Trail · 41.59604, -93.71578
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:16 PM
Transit-accessible: 73rd St & Walmart stop 273 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Walnut Creek Trail, heading E.
- 400 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 200 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 1.6 miTurn left onto J11 Mountain Bike Trail, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Walnut Creek Trail, heading E.
- 500 ftBear right onto J11 Mountain Bike Trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear left onto Walnut Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Bill Riley Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.9 miReach Lime Basin, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.5 miBear left onto Walnut Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear right onto J11 Mountain Bike Trail, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear left onto Walnut Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 500 ftTurn right onto J11 Mountain Bike Trail, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Walnut Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 1.6 miBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 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
71% paved24% dirt5% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:02 AMSunset 7:16 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.6 mi in (~64 min). Leave by 5:52 PM for the 7:16 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:35 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: 73rd St & Walmart stop 273 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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