Orlabor Gateway Trail
8 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 2 hr 42 min
Orlabor Gateway Trail is an 8-mile out-and-back near Ankeny, IA. It is mostly level, with 81 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi915 – 984 ft9.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.74958, -93.62420
Nearest town Ankeny, IA
Directions
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Orlabor Gateway Trail
8 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 2 hr 42 min
Elevation 914–983 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 41.74958, -93.62420
Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:03 AM · sunset 7:14 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 200 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right onto High Trestle Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 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 NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto High Trestle Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 450 ftBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 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
14% paved86% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:03 AMSunset 7:14 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.1 mi in (~52 min). Leave by 6:01 PM for the 7:14 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:20 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Orlabor Gateway Trail 8 mi · ▲ 81 ft
- High Trestle Trail 7 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- High Trestle Trail 7 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- High Trestle Trail 6.8 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- High Trestle Trail 6.8 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- High Trestle Trail 7 mi · ▲ 53 ft
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