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Pleasant Creek State Park

Pleasant Creek Lake & Pleasant Creek State Park Beach

2.3 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 48 min

Pleasant Creek Lake & Pleasant Creek State Park Beach is a 2.3-mile out-and-back in Pleasant Creek State Park near Shellsburg, IA. The route passes Pleasant Creek State Park Beach before reaching Pleasant Creek Lake at the turnaround, 1.1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 80 ft of elevation gain. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi810 – 892 ft2.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.13313, -91.83108
Nearest town Shellsburg, IA
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Pleasant Creek Lake & Pleasant Creek State Park Beach

2.3 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 48 min

Elevation 812–893 ft

Out & Back · Pleasant Creek State Park

Trailhead: 42.13313, -91.83108

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:53 AM · sunset 7:10 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  3. 0.8 miTurn right, heading S.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  5. 50 ftPass Pleasant Creek State Park Beach.
  6. 100 ftReach Pleasant Creek Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  9. 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
  10. 0.1 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/pleasant-creek-lake-pleasant-creek-state-park-beach-out-back-4-km-f7e1

Trail surface

73% other9% grass18% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:53 AMSunset 7:10 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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