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Max E Roper Park

North Hills Lagoon & Roper Park Trail via Alvo Road Trail

11.1 mi · ▲ 300 ft · 3 hr 51 min

North Hills Lagoon & Roper Park Trail via Alvo Road Trail is an 11.1-mile out-and-back in Max E Roper Park near Belmont, NE. The route reaches North Hills Lagoon. It climbs 300 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,165 – 1,309 ft11.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.88360, -96.72893
Nearest town Belmont, NE
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North Hills Lagoon & Roper Park Trail via Alvo Road Trail

11.1 mi · ▲ 300 ft · 3 hr 51 min

Elevation 1,165–1,309 ft

Out & Back · Max E Roper Park

Trailhead: 40.88360, -96.72893

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:15 AM · sunset 7:26 PM

Transit-accessible: Fallbrook stop 548 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  3. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  4. 100 ftTurn left onto Fallbrook Trail, heading NW.
  5. 3.6 miPass North Hills Lagoon.
  6. 0.7 miTurn left, heading E.
  7. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  9. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  10. 50 ftTurn left onto 14th Street Trail, heading E.
  11. 0.1 miTurn right onto Superior Street Trail, heading S.
  12. 0.8 miSharp left onto Roper Park Trail, heading W.
  13. 0.4 miReach North Hills Lagoon, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.4 miSharp right onto Superior Street Trail, heading NE.
  15. 0.8 miTurn left onto 14th Street Trail, heading E.
  16. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  17. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  18. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  19. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  20. 4.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  21. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  22. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  23. 50 ftArrive 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/north-hills-lagoon-north-hills-lagoon-out-back-3-lakes-22-km

Trail surface

100% paved

Weather

Sunrise 7:15 AMSunset 7:26 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~5 min). Leave by 7:01 PM for the 7:26 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:46 PM — 8 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Fallbrook stop 548 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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