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Walnut Creek Regional Park

Little Walnut Creek Trail

5 mi · ▲ 165 ft · 1 hr 45 min

Little Walnut Creek Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back in Walnut Creek Regional Park near Campbell, IA. It is mostly level, with 165 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi892 – 968 ft5.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Little Walnut Creek Trail 41.63619, -93.82588
Nearest town Campbell, IA
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Little Walnut Creek Trail

5 mi · ▲ 165 ft · 1 hr 45 min

Elevation 892–967 ft

Out & Back · Walnut Creek Regional Park

Trailhead: Little Walnut Creek Trail · 41.63619, -93.82588

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

Bikes allowed on the whole route

  1. Start on Little Walnut Creek Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
  3. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  4. 1.3 miContinue straight onto Walnut Trace Park Trail, heading N.
  5. 350 ftBear left, heading N.
  6. 0.5 miReach Little Walnut Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 1.9 miTurn left, heading S.
  8. 50 ftTurn right onto Little Walnut Creek Trail, heading S.
  9. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  10. 0.2 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-walnut-creek-trail-out-back-8-km-81b4

Weather

Sunrise 7:02 AMSunset 7:16 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 6:54 PM for the 7:16 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:33 PM — 10 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route

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