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Salt Creek Levee Trail

12.3 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 4 hr 8 min

Salt Creek Levee Trail is a 12.3-mile out-and-back in Wilderness Park near Woodlawn Estates, NE. It is mostly level, with 54 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 ft13.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.81809, -96.70882
Nearest town Woodlawn Estates, NE
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Salt Creek Levee Trail

12.3 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 4 hr 8 min

Elevation 1,136–1,175 ft

Out & Back · Wilderness Park

Trailhead: 40.81809, -96.70882

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

Transit-accessible: 9th & "T" Street stop 128 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 450 ftTurn left, heading W.
  3. 100 ftBear left, heading W.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  5. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  6. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  9. 400 ftTurn left, heading W.
  10. 150 ftContinue straight onto Salt Creek Levee Trail, heading NW.
  11. 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
  12. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Salt Creek Level Trail, heading S.
  13. 200 ftContinue straight onto Salt Creek Levee Trail, heading S.
  14. 1.7 miTurn right, heading S.
  15. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  16. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  17. 0.4 miTurn right onto Jamaica North Trail, heading S.
  18. 0.6 miSharp right onto Wilderness Park Trail, heading S.
  19. 100 ftBear right onto Jamaica North Trail, heading S.
  20. 1.3 miContinue straight onto Great Plains Trails Network Connector Trail, heading S.
  21. 50 ftContinue straight onto Jamaica North Trail, heading S.
  22. 400 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  23. 450 ftContinue straight onto Great Plains Trails Network Connector Trail, heading S.
  24. 50 ftContinue straight onto Jamaica North Trail, heading S.
  25. 1.3 miBear left onto Wilderness Park Trail, heading N.
  26. 100 ftSharp left onto Jamaica North Trail, heading N.
  27. 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
  28. 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
  29. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  30. 50 ftTurn left onto Salt Creek Levee Trail, heading W.
  31. 1.7 miContinue straight onto Salt Creek Level Trail, heading N.
  32. 150 ftContinue straight onto Salt Creek Levee Trail, heading N.
  33. 1 miTurn right, heading N.
  34. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  35. 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
  36. 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
  37. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  38. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  39. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  40. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  41. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  42. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  43. 50 ftArrive 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/salt-creek-levee-trail-out-back-20-km-07d1

Trail surface

62% gravel16% paved13% other8% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:13 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.8 mi in (~43 min). Leave by 6:26 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:28 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: 9th & "T" Street stop 128 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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