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River Bluff Trails Park

Riverwalk Beach–Comeback Loop, 6 sights

2 mi · ▲ 286 ft · 49 min

Riverwalk Beach–Comeback Loop, 6 sights is a 2-mile out-and-back in River Bluff Trails Park near Elwood, KS. The route reaches Riverwalk Beach. It climbs 286 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi830 – 1,043 ft3.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: You Betcha 39.77809, -94.86979
Nearest town Elwood, KS
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Riverwalk Beach–Comeback Loop, 6 sights

2 mi · ▲ 286 ft · 49 min

Elevation 828–1,044 ft

Out & Back · River Bluff Trails Park

Trailhead: You Betcha · 39.77809, -94.86979

Weather Sep 20: Heavy drizzle, high 71°F / low 65° · precip 82% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 7:06 AM · sunset 7:22 PM

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

  1. Start on You Betcha, heading N.
  2. 50 ftPass Riverwalk Beach.
  3. 0.2 miBear left onto West Highland Avenue Access, heading NW.
  4. 150 ftBear right onto Douglas, heading W.
  5. 100 ftTurn right onto Larceny, heading N.
  6. 400 ftContinue straight onto Goat, heading N.
  7. 50 ftTurn left onto Larceny, heading N.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Goat, heading N.
  9. 350 ftContinue straight onto Crushed Limestone Trail, heading N.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Goat, heading N.
  11. 250 ftContinue straight onto Pony, heading N.
  12. 100 ftContinue straight onto Crushed Limestone Trail, heading N.
  13. 100 ftContinue straight onto Pony, heading N.
  14. 0.1 miBear right onto Goat, heading N.
  15. 50 ftBear left onto Pony, heading NE.
  16. 250 ftTurn left onto Deroin, heading N.
  17. 50 ftContinue straight onto Comeback Loop, heading NE.
  18. 50 ftBear right onto Crushed Limestone Trail, heading NE.
  19. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Comeback Loop, heading N.
  20. 100 ftContinue straight onto Crushed Limestone Trail, heading N.
  21. 300 ftContinue straight onto Kiddie Skills Loop, heading NW.
  22. 50 ftBear left onto Comeback Loop, heading NW.
  23. 50 ftContinue straight onto Crushed Limestone Trail, heading NW.
  24. 50 ftBear left onto Chimneys, heading NW.
  25. 100 ftTurn right onto Crushed Limestone Trail, heading N.
  26. 50 ftBear left onto Jeckyll & Hyde, heading NW.
  27. 50 ftTurn right onto Crushed Limestone Trail, heading NW.
  28. 50 ftContinue straight onto Jeckyll & Hyde, heading NW.
  29. 50 ftContinue straight onto Roly Poly, heading W.
  30. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lee's Loop, heading W.
  31. 50 ftContinue straight onto Roly Poly, heading N.
  32. 150 ftBear right onto Jeckyll & Hyde, heading N.
  33. 100 ftReach Riverwalk Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  34. 100 ftBear left onto Roly Poly, heading N.
  35. 150 ftContinue straight onto Lee's Loop, heading N.
  36. 50 ftContinue straight onto Roly Poly, heading N.
  37. 50 ftContinue straight onto Jeckyll & Hyde, heading N.
  38. 50 ftContinue straight onto Crushed Limestone Trail, heading NE.
  39. 50 ftTurn left onto Jeckyll & Hyde, heading NE.
  40. 50 ftBear right onto Crushed Limestone Trail, heading N.
  41. 100 ftTurn left onto Chimneys, heading N.
  42. 50 ftBear right onto Crushed Limestone Trail, heading N.
  43. 50 ftContinue straight onto Comeback Loop, heading NE.
  44. 50 ftBear right onto Kiddie Skills Loop, heading NE.
  45. 100 ftContinue straight onto Crushed Limestone Trail, heading NE.
  46. 250 ftContinue straight onto Comeback Loop, heading NE.
  47. 100 ftContinue straight onto Crushed Limestone Trail, heading NE.
  48. 0.1 miBear left onto Comeback Loop, heading NW.
  49. 100 ftContinue straight onto Deroin, heading NW.
  50. 50 ftTurn right onto Pony, heading NW.
  51. 250 ftBear right onto Goat, heading N.
  52. 100 ftBear left onto Pony, heading N.
  53. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Crushed Limestone Trail, heading NW.
  54. 100 ftContinue straight onto Pony, heading N.
  55. 100 ftContinue straight onto Goat, heading SE.
  56. 250 ftContinue straight onto Crushed Limestone Trail, heading S.
  57. 50 ftContinue straight onto Goat, heading S.
  58. 350 ftContinue straight onto Larceny, heading SE.
  59. 100 ftTurn right onto Goat, heading SE.
  60. 50 ftContinue straight onto Larceny, heading SE.
  61. 450 ftTurn left onto Douglas, heading W.
  62. 100 ftBear left onto West Highland Avenue Access, heading SW.
  63. 150 ftBear right onto You Betcha, heading SW.
  64. 0.2 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/riverwalk-beach-comeback-loop-out-back-6-sights-3-km

Trail surface

63% dirt35% gravel2% unspecified

Weather

Heavy drizzleTemperature 71°F65°
Precip82%Wind3 mphUV3Humidity92%
Rained 0.5″ yesterday (4.9″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperatureRain chance
75°60° 12 AM: 82% rain1 AM: 59% rain2 AM: 45% rain3 AM: 30% rain4 AM: 12% rain5 AM: 11% rain6 AM: 11% rain7 AM: 10% rain8 AM: 8% rain9 AM: 1% rain10 AM: 1% rain12 PM: 1% rain1 PM: 1% rain2 PM: 1% rain3 PM: 2% rain4 PM: 1% rain5 PM: 1% rain9 PM: 1% rain10 PM: 2% rain11 PM: 8% rain
Sunrise 7:06 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:22 PM
Mon 68°62° 18%
Tue 63°59°
Wed 74°51°
Thu 68°54°
Fri 69°56° 45%
Sat 82°63° 40%

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:02 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:22 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:49 PM.

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Good to know

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

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