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Wanatee Park

Multi-Use Trail & Red Cedar via Equestrian/Multi-Use Trail

5 mi · ▲ 195 ft · 1 hr 46 min

Multi-Use Trail & Red Cedar via Equestrian/Multi-Use Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back in Wanatee Park near Marion, IA. It is mostly level, with 195 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi738 – 869 ft5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Red Cedar 42.01032, -91.57393
Nearest town Marion, IA
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Multi-Use Trail & Red Cedar via Equestrian/Multi-Use Trail

5 mi · ▲ 195 ft · 1 hr 46 min

Elevation 739–871 ft

Out & Back · Wanatee Park

Trailhead: Red Cedar · 42.01032, -91.57393

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:09 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Red Cedar, heading S.
  2. 0.4 miBear left onto Mercy Flush, heading SE.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right onto Troll Holler, heading S.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left onto Equestrian/Multi-Use Trail, heading E.
  5. 0.6 miTurn left onto Multi-Use Trail, heading SW.
  6. 1.2 miReach Red Cedar, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 1.3 miTurn right onto Equestrian/Multi-Use Trail, heading NW.
  8. 0.6 miTurn right onto Troll Holler, heading SW.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left onto Mercy Flush, heading W.
  10. 0.1 miBear right onto Red Cedar, heading NW.
  11. 0.4 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/multi-use-trail-red-cedar-out-back-8-km-a4dc

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:52 AMSunset 7:09 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Marion, Iowa