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Pine Lake Pond via Old Cheney Road Trail

5 mi · ▲ 112 ft · 1 hr 43 min

Pine Lake Pond via Old Cheney Road Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back near Yankee Hill, NE. The route reaches Pine Lake Pond at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 112 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,207 – 1,289 ft5.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Old Cheney Road Trail 40.75573, -96.70089
Nearest town Yankee Hill, NE
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Pine Lake Pond via Old Cheney Road Trail

5 mi · ▲ 112 ft · 1 hr 43 min

Elevation 1,206–1,289 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Old Cheney Road Trail · 40.75573, -96.70089

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

Bikes allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Old Cheney Road Trail, heading E.
  2. 1.2 miTurn right onto Tierra Williamsburg Trail, heading S.
  3. 0.8 miTurn left, heading SE.
  4. 0.6 miReach Pine Lake Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 1.4 miTurn left onto Old Cheney Road Trail, heading N.
  6. 1 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/pine-lake-pond-out-back-8-km-8cdf

Trail surface

100% paved

Weather

Sunrise 7:13 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~19 min). Leave by 6:50 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:02 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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