Wilderness Park Conservation Area
Salt Creek Level Trail (original) & Wilderness Park Trail
8.1 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 2 hr 44 min
Salt Creek Level Trail (original) & Wilderness Park Trail is an 8.1-mile out-and-back in Wilderness Park Conservation Area near Yankee Hill, NE. It is mostly level, with 53 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Salt Creek Level Trail (original) & Wilderness Park Trail
8.1 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 2 hr 44 min
Elevation 1,131–1,166 ft
Out & Back · Wilderness Park Conservation Area
Trailhead: 40.76263, -96.72033
Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:15 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear left onto Wilderness Park Trail, heading E.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Jamaica North Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Salt Creek Levee Trail, heading N.
- 1.7 miContinue straight onto Salt Creek Level Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Salt Creek Level Trail (original), heading N.
- 0.6 miReach Wilderness Park Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Salt Creek Level Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Salt Creek Levee Trail, heading N.
- 1.7 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Jamaica North Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Wilderness Park Trail, heading SE.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 350 ftBear right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.6 mi in (~64 min). Leave by 6:02 PM for the 7:26 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:45 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Wilderness Park Trail 13 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Wilderness Park Trail 12.1 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Wilderness Park Trail 9.1 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Oak Lake & Wilderness Park Trail via Salt Creek Levee Trail 10.9 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Wilderness Park Cutover & Wilderness Park Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Great Plains Trails Network Connector Trail & Wilderness Park Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 55 ft
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