Old Cheney Road Trail
7.5 mi · ▲ 189 ft · 2 hr 36 min
Old Cheney Road Trail is a 7.5-mile out-and-back near College View, NE. It is mostly level, with 189 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Old Cheney Road Trail
7.5 mi · ▲ 189 ft · 2 hr 36 min
Elevation 1,198–1,299 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.75607, -96.63905
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:13 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Old Cheney Road Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 2.8 miTurn left onto Rock Island Trail, heading W.
- 0.8 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Old Cheney Road Trail, heading NE.
- 2.7 miBear left, heading E.
- 350 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive 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 1.4 mi in (~36 min). Leave by 6:33 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:19 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Old Cheney Road Trail 6.2 mi · ▲ 163 ft
- Penguin Pool–Old Trail, 3 sights 11.6 mi · ▲ 268 ft
- Old Cheney Road Trail 8.1 mi · ▲ 163 ft
- Yankee Hill Sunset Point–Appian Way Lake, 3 sights 9.5 mi · ▲ 245 ft
- Old Cheney Road Trail 5.9 mi · ▲ 133 ft
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