AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Loud Thunder Forest Preserve

Sac-Fox Trail (Main Loop)

5.6 mi · ▲ 453 ft · 2 hr 6 min

Sac-Fox Trail (Main Loop) is a 5.6-mile out-and-back in Loud Thunder Forest Preserve near Midway Beach, IA. It climbs 453 ft. It scores 43/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi620 – 738 ft5.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.41956, -90.81802
Nearest town Midway Beach, IA
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Sac-Fox Trail (Main Loop)

5.6 mi · ▲ 453 ft · 2 hr 6 min

Elevation 622–738 ft

Out & Back · Loud Thunder Forest Preserve

Trailhead: 41.41956, -90.81802

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:06 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.2 miSharp right, heading W.
  3. 0.6 miTurn right onto Sac-Fox Trail (Main Loop), heading E.
  4. 1.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
  5. 0.2 miReach Sac-Fox Trail (Main Loop), then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  7. 1.9 miTurn left, heading W.
  8. 0.6 miSharp left, heading SE.
  9. 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/sac-fox-trail-main-loop-out-back-9-km

Weather

Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 7:06 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 6:40 PM for the 7:06 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:26 PM — 8 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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