Multi-Use Trail
5.4 mi · ▲ 114 ft · 1 hr 51 min
Multi-Use Trail is a 5.4-mile out-and-back in Wanatee Park near Marion, IA. It is mostly level, with 114 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Multi-Use Trail
5.4 mi · ▲ 114 ft · 1 hr 51 min
Elevation 739–861 ft
Out & Back · Wanatee Park
Trailhead: 42.01271, -91.57616
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:09 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Big Bluestem Cir, heading E.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Multi-Use Trail, heading E.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Big Bluestem Cir, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Multi-Use Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Equestrian/Multi-Use Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Multi-Use Trail, heading S.
- 1.3 miReach Multi-Use Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.2 miTurn right onto Equestrian/Multi-Use Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Multi-Use Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Big Bluestem Cir, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Multi-Use Trail, heading NW.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Big Bluestem Cir, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 6:48 PM for the 7:09 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:25 PM — 12 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Equestrian/Multi-Use Trail–Irene, 3 sights 5.2 mi · ▲ 230 ft
- Meadowlark & Red Cedar via Equestrian/Multi-Use Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 135 ft
- Equestrian/Multi-Use Trail–Irene Loop, 3 sights 3.1 mi · ▲ 164 ft
- Equestrian/Multi-Use Trail & Multi-Use Trail Loop 2.3 mi · ▲ 86 ft
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