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Water Works Park

Lime Basin–Clive Greenbelt Trail, 4 sights

15 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 5 hr 2 min

Lime Basin–Clive Greenbelt Trail, 4 sights is a 15-mile out-and-back in Water Works Park near Clive, IA. The route passes Lime Basin and Lime Basin. It is mostly level, with 53 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi794 – 856 ft16.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.61307, -93.75462
Nearest town Clive, IA
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Lime Basin–Clive Greenbelt Trail, 4 sights

15 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 5 hr 2 min

Elevation 793–857 ft

Out & Back · Water Works Park

Trailhead: 41.61307, -93.75462

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:03 AM · sunset 7:14 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 200 ftTurn left, heading W.
  3. 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
  4. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Clive Greenbelt Trail, heading SE.
  5. 1.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  6. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  7. 0.7 miBear right, heading E.
  8. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Colby Woods Trail, heading SE.
  9. 50 ftBear right onto Walnut Creek Trail, heading SE.
  10. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  11. 200 ftBear right, heading SE.
  12. 150 ftBear right, heading S.
  13. 1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  14. 0.6 miTurn left onto J11 Mountain Bike Trail, heading W.
  15. 350 ftTurn left onto Walnut Creek Trail, heading S.
  16. 450 ftBear right onto J11 Mountain Bike Trail, heading S.
  17. 150 ftBear left onto Walnut Creek Trail, heading S.
  18. 0.6 miBear right onto Bill Riley Trail, heading N.
  19. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
  20. 0.8 miPass Lime Basin.
  21. 0.5 miPass Lime Basin.
  22. 450 ftBear right, heading E.
  23. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  24. 50 ftReach Lime Basin, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  25. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  26. 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
  27. 2 miBear left onto Walnut Creek Trail, heading NW.
  28. 0.6 miBear right onto J11 Mountain Bike Trail, heading NW.
  29. 150 ftBear left onto Walnut Creek Trail, heading NW.
  30. 450 ftTurn right onto J11 Mountain Bike Trail, heading NW.
  31. 350 ftTurn right onto Walnut Creek Trail, heading NW.
  32. 1.6 miBear right, heading E.
  33. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  34. 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  35. 200 ftTurn left, heading E.
  36. 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
  37. 150 ftBear left onto Colby Woods Trail, heading NW.
  38. 50 ftContinue straight onto Clive Greenbelt Trail, heading NW.
  39. 0.9 miSharp left, heading NW.
  40. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  41. 1.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  42. 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  43. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/lime-basin-lime-basin-out-back-7-sights-24-km

Trail surface

68% paved24% dirt8% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:03 AMSunset 7:14 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 5.4 mi in (~130 min). Leave by 4:44 PM for the 7:14 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:40 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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