Penguin Pool & Old Trail via Billy Wolff Trail
4.9 mi · ▲ 106 ft · 1 hr 41 min
Penguin Pool & Old Trail via Billy Wolff Trail is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Antelope Park South near Belmont, NE. The route reaches Penguin Pool. It is mostly level, with 106 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Penguin Pool & Old Trail via Billy Wolff Trail
4.9 mi · ▲ 106 ft · 1 hr 41 min
Elevation 1,138–1,274 ft
Out & Back · Antelope Park South
Trailhead: Billy Wolff Trail · 40.81886, -96.69159
Weather Sep 22: Overcast, high 66°F / low 58° · precip 2% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 7:15 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Transit-accessible: Vine & 21st Street stop 259 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Billy Wolff Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Rock Island Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Penguin Pool.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Billy Wolff Trail, heading SE.
- 500 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Old Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Rock Island Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Old Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miReach Penguin Pool, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Rock Island Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Old Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Billy Wolff Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Rock Island Trail, heading NW.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Billy Wolff Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.4 mi in (~60 min). Leave by 6:06 PM for the 7:26 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:39 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Vine & 21st Street stop 259 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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