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Antelope Park South

Penguin Pool & Old Trail via Billy Wolff Trail

3.1 mi · ▲ 31 ft · 1 hr 3 min

Penguin Pool & Old Trail via Billy Wolff Trail is a 3.1-mile out-and-back in Antelope Park South near Lincoln, NE. The route reaches Penguin Pool. It is mostly level, with 31 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,148 – 1,204 ft4.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.81537, -96.68962
Nearest town Lincoln, NE
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Penguin Pool & Old Trail via Billy Wolff Trail

3.1 mi · ▲ 31 ft · 1 hr 3 min

Elevation 1,147–1,205 ft

Out & Back · Antelope Park South

Trailhead: 40.81537, -96.68962

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

Transit-accessible: 23rd & "Q" Street stop 145 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftContinue straight onto Billy Wolff Trail, heading S.
  3. 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
  4. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Rock Island Trail, heading SE.
  5. 150 ftPass Penguin Pool.
  6. 250 ftContinue straight onto Billy Wolff Trail, heading SE.
  7. 150 ftSharp right onto Rock Island Trail, heading SE.
  8. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Old Trail, heading SE.
  9. 500 ftContinue straight onto Rock Island Trail, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftReach Penguin Pool, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Old Trail, heading SE.
  12. 500 ftContinue straight onto Rock Island Trail, heading S.
  13. 0.6 miSharp left onto Billy Wolff Trail, heading NW.
  14. 150 ftContinue straight onto Rock Island Trail, heading NW.
  15. 450 ftContinue straight onto Billy Wolff Trail, heading NW.
  16. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  17. 0.3 miArrive 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/penguin-pool-old-trail-out-back-5-km

Trail surface

100% paved

Weather

Sunrise 7:13 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: 23rd & "Q" Street stop 145 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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