AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Little Mill Creek Trail

6 mi · ▲ 110 ft · 2 hr 3 min

Little Mill Creek Trail is a 6-mile out-and-back near Lake Quivira, KS. It is mostly level, with 110 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi863 – 968 ft6.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 38.99886, -94.77604
Nearest town Lake Quivira, KS
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Little Mill Creek Trail

6 mi · ▲ 110 ft · 2 hr 3 min

Elevation 862–969 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 38.99886, -94.77604

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:06 AM · sunset 7:21 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 1 miBear right, heading SE.
  3. 0.5 miBear left, heading SW.
  4. 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
  5. 350 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  6. 0.6 miBear left, heading S.
  7. 350 ftTurn right onto Little Mill Creek Trail, heading S.
  8. 450 ftBear right, heading S.
  9. 0.5 miReach Little Mill Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  11. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  12. 350 ftBear right, heading NW.
  13. 0.6 miSharp left, heading N.
  14. 350 ftBear right, heading W.
  15. 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
  16. 0.5 miBear left, heading NW.
  17. 0.7 miArrive 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/little-mill-creek-trail-out-back-10-km-59eb

Trail surface

94% paved6% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:06 AMSunset 7:21 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~27 min). Leave by 6:34 PM for the 7:21 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:02 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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