Mahaffie Creek Trail
6.3 mi · ▲ 165 ft · 2 hr 11 min
Mahaffie Creek Trail is a 6.3-mile out-and-back in Mill Creek Streamway Park near Lackmans, KS. It is mostly level, with 165 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Mahaffie Creek Trail
6.3 mi · ▲ 165 ft · 2 hr 11 min
Elevation 936–1,052 ft
Out & Back · Mill Creek Streamway Park
Trailhead: 38.91723, -94.79749
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:20 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Gary L. Haller Trail;Mill Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Mahaffie Creek Trail, heading S.
- 1.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miReach Mahaffie Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 450 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 1.7 miTurn right onto Gary L. Haller Trail;Mill Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.1 mi in (~78 min). Leave by 5:42 PM for the 7:20 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:53 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Gary L. Haller Trail;Mill Creek Trail 3.5 mi · ▲ 134 ft
- Gary L. Haller Trail;Mill Creek Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 81 ft
- Gary L. Haller Trail;Mill Creek Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 81 ft
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