Salt Creek Levee Trail
8.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 48 min
Salt Creek Levee Trail is an 8.4-mile out-and-back in Wilderness Park near Woodlawn Estates, NE. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Salt Creek Levee Trail
8.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 48 min
Elevation 1,136–1,167 ft
Out & Back · Wilderness Park
Trailhead: Salt Creek Levee Trail · 40.81269, -96.72229
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:13 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Transit-accessible: Lincoln stop 791 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Salt Creek Levee Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Salt Creek Level Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Salt Creek Levee Trail, heading SE.
- 1.7 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Jamaica North Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Wilderness Park Trail, heading S.
- 100 ftBear right onto Jamaica North Trail, heading S.
- 400 ftBear right onto Wilderness Park Hiker Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Jamaica North Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Wilderness Park Hiker Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Jamaica North Trail, heading E.
- 350 ftBear left onto Wilderness Park Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftSharp left onto Jamaica North Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Salt Creek Levee Trail, heading NW.
- 1.7 miContinue straight onto Salt Creek Level Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Salt Creek Levee Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miArrive 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 0.4 mi in (~9 min). Leave by 7:00 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:54 PM — 3 min before dark.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Lincoln stop 791 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Salt Creek Levee Trail Trailhead
- Jamaica North Trail 14.7 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Jamaica North Trail 14.4 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Jamaica North Trail 15.2 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Jamaica North Trail 14.9 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Jamaica North Trail 15.1 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Jamaica North Trail 14.8 mi · ▲ 26 ft
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