South Bluff–Stamp Children's Trout Pond, 5 sights
4 mi · ▲ 305 ft · 1 hr 29 min
South Bluff–Stamp Children's Trout Pond, 5 sights is a 4-mile out-and-back in Bellevue State Park near Bellevue, IA. The route passes Stamp Children's Trout Pond before reaching South Bluff at the turnaround, 2 miles in. It climbs 305 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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South Bluff–Stamp Children's Trout Pond, 5 sights
4 mi · ▲ 305 ft · 1 hr 29 min
Elevation 593–872 ft
Out & Back · Bellevue State Park
Trailhead: Meadow Trail · 42.24557, -90.42349
Weather Sep 20: Light rain, high 66°F / low 59° · precip 89% · wind 1 mph · sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:04 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Meadow Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Quarry Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Mill Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Felderman Park Connection, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Bellevue Rivervue Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miPass Stamp Children's Trout Pond.
- 300 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.3 miReach South Bluff, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Felderman Park Connection, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Mill Creek Trail, heading W.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Quarry Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Meadow Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 500 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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