Neal Smith Trail
3.5 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 1 hr 12 min
Neal Smith Trail is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Saylorville Lake Project near Camp Dodge, IA. It is mostly level, with 81 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Neal Smith Trail
3.5 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 1 hr 12 min
Elevation 878–948 ft
Out & Back · Saylorville Lake Project
Trailhead: 41.72399, -93.66823
Weather Sep 21: Drizzle, high 62°F / low 56° · precip 40% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:15 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 400 ftBear left onto Neal Smith Trail, heading E.
- 400 ftBear right, heading E.
- 1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:55 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:15 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:43 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Beaver Creek Natural Resources Area Beach–Neal Smith Trail, 3 sights 15.8 mi · ▲ 195 ft
- Neal Smith Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 80 ft
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