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Wilderness Park

Salt Creek Levee Trail

11.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 3 hr 58 min

Salt Creek Levee Trail is an 11.9-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.

Elevation

0 mi1,135 – 1,175 ft12.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.81961, -96.71002
Nearest town Woodlawn Estates, NE
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Salt Creek Levee Trail

11.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 3 hr 58 min

Elevation 1,136–1,174 ft

Out & Back · Wilderness Park

Trailhead: 40.81961, -96.71002

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:13 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

Transit-accessible: 9th & "T" Street stop 126 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  3. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  5. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  6. 400 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  7. 150 ftContinue straight onto Salt Creek Levee Trail, heading NW.
  8. 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
  9. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Salt Creek Level Trail, heading S.
  10. 200 ftContinue straight onto Salt Creek Levee Trail, heading S.
  11. 1.7 miTurn right, heading S.
  12. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  13. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  14. 0.4 miTurn right onto Jamaica North Trail, heading S.
  15. 0.6 miSharp right onto Wilderness Park Trail, heading S.
  16. 100 ftBear right onto Jamaica North Trail, heading S.
  17. 1.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  18. 1.3 miBear left onto Wilderness Park Trail, heading N.
  19. 150 ftSharp left onto Jamaica North Trail, heading N.
  20. 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
  21. 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
  22. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  23. 50 ftTurn left onto Salt Creek Levee Trail, heading N.
  24. 1.7 miContinue straight onto Salt Creek Level Trail, heading N.
  25. 150 ftContinue straight onto Salt Creek Levee Trail, heading N.
  26. 0.9 miTurn right, heading N.
  27. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  28. 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
  29. 400 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  30. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  31. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  32. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  33. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/salt-creek-levee-trail-out-back-19-km-6179

Trail surface

64% gravel15% paved12% other8% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:13 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.6 mi in (~40 min). Leave by 6:29 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:25 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: 9th & "T" Street stop 126 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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