Old Cheney Road Trail

11.7 mi · ▲ 350 ft · 4 hr 5 min

Old Cheney Road Trail is an 11.7-mile out-and-back near Pine Lake, NE. It climbs 350 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,207 – 1,385 ft13.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.76886, -96.59718
Nearest town Pine Lake, NE

Directions

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Old Cheney Road Trail

11.7 mi · ▲ 350 ft · 4 hr 5 min

Elevation 1,208–1,386 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.76886, -96.59718

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  4. 0.6 miSharp left, heading W.
  5. 0.3 miBear right onto Billy Wolff Trail, heading S.
  6. 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
  7. 100 ftTurn left onto 84th Street Trail, heading S.
  8. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
  9. 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  10. 100 ftContinue straight onto Old Cheney Road Trail, heading S.
  11. 1.8 miTurn right, heading W.
  12. 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  13. 50 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  14. 2.8 miTurn left onto Rock Island Trail, heading W.
  15. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  16. 0.2 miTurn right onto Old Cheney Road Trail, heading W.
  17. 2.7 miBear left, heading E.
  18. 350 ftSharp left, heading E.
  19. 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
  20. 1.8 miSharp right, heading E.
  21. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  22. 100 ftTurn left onto Billy Wolff Trail, heading E.
  23. 100 ftBear left, heading E.
  24. 0.3 miSharp right, heading E.
  25. 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
  26. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  27. 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 surface

97% paved3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:13 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 7:07 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:46 PM — 10 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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