AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Shoe Tree & Bryant Road

2 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 42 min

Shoe Tree & Bryant Road is a 2-mile out-and-back near Mount Vernon, IA. The route reaches Shoe Tree. It is mostly level, with 55 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi784 – 843 ft2.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Bryant Road 41.92753, -91.45334
Nearest town Mount Vernon, IA
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Shoe Tree & Bryant Road

2 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 42 min

Elevation 783–842 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Bryant Road · 41.92753, -91.45334

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:08 PM

  1. Start on Bryant Road, heading E.
  2. 0.6 miPass Shoe Tree.
  3. 0.4 miReach Shoe Tree, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 1 miArrive 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/shoe-tree-out-back

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:52 AMSunset 7:08 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~26 min). Leave by 6:22 PM for the 7:08 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:48 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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