Salt Creek Levee Trail
9.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 3 hr 16 min
Salt Creek Levee Trail is a 9.8-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
9.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 3 hr 16 min
Elevation 1,136–1,175 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
Bikes allowed on the whole route · 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.
- 1.3 miContinue straight onto Great Plains Trails Network Connector Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Jamaica North Trail, heading S.
- 450 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Great Plains Trails Network Connector Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Jamaica North Trail, heading S.
- 1.3 miBear 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 NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Salt Creek Levee Trail, heading N.
- 1.7 miContinue straight onto Salt Creek Level Trail, heading N.
- 200 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 — 2 min before dark.
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- 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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