Orlabor Gateway Trail
8 mi · ▲ 107 ft · 2 hr 43 min
Orlabor Gateway Trail is an 8-mile out-and-back near Ankeny, IA. It is mostly level, with 107 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi915 – 984 ft8.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.73905, -93.63886
Nearest town Ankeny, IA
Directions
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Orlabor Gateway Trail
8 mi · ▲ 107 ft · 2 hr 43 min
Elevation 914–983 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 41.73905, -93.63886
Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:03 AM · sunset 7:14 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Orlabor Gateway Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 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
1% paved99% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:03 AMSunset 7:14 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.2 mi in (~54 min). Leave by 5:59 PM for the 7:14 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:22 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- High Trestle Trail 7.9 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Orlabor Gateway Trail 9.2 mi · ▲ 108 ft
- Orlabor Gateway Trail 9.2 mi · ▲ 108 ft
- High Trestle Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- High Trestle Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 28 ft
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