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Tierra Park

Old Cheney Road Trail

8 mi · ▲ 188 ft · 2 hr 46 min

Old Cheney Road Trail is an 8-mile out-and-back in Tierra Park near College View, NE. It is mostly level, with 188 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,191 – 1,299 ft8.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.75069, -96.64520
Nearest town College View, NE
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Old Cheney Road Trail

8 mi · ▲ 188 ft · 2 hr 46 min

Elevation 1,190–1,299 ft

Out & Back · Tierra Park

Trailhead: 40.75069, -96.64520

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:13 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 100 ftTurn left onto Helen Boosalis Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left onto Old Cheney Road Trail, heading N.
  4. 1.6 miTurn right onto Tierra Williamsburg Trail, heading W.
  5. 1 miContinue straight onto Rock Island Trail, heading NW.
  6. 450 ftTurn right onto Helen Boosalis / Rock Island Trail, heading N.
  7. 200 ftTurn left onto Rock Island Trail, heading N.
  8. 1 miTurn right, heading N.
  9. 50 ftTurn right onto Old Trail, heading N.
  10. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  11. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  12. 50 ftTurn left onto Rock Island Trail, heading S.
  13. 1 miTurn right onto Helen Boosalis / Rock Island Trail, heading SW.
  14. 150 ftTurn left onto Rock Island Trail, heading SW.
  15. 500 ftContinue straight onto Tierra Williamsburg Trail, heading SW.
  16. 1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  17. 150 ftContinue straight onto Old Cheney Road Trail, heading E.
  18. 1.6 miTurn right onto Helen Boosalis Trail, heading E.
  19. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  20. 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/old-cheney-road-trail-out-back-13-km-fdf7

Trail surface

97% paved3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:13 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~34 min). Leave by 6:35 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:17 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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