Stone Creek Falls–DaCovid Viewpoint, 3 sights is a 1.6-mile out-and-back in Platte River State Park near Louisville, NE. The route passes Stone Creek Falls before reaching DaCovid Viewpoint at the turnaround, 0.8 miles in. It climbs 331 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi1,027 – 1,211 ft · steepest grade: 16%2.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.99164, -96.19929
Nearest town Louisville, NE
Directions
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Stone Creek Falls–DaCovid Viewpoint, 3 sights
1.6 mi · ▲ 331 ft · 42 min
Elevation 1,027–1,212 ft
Out & Back · Platte River State Park
Trailhead: 40.99164, -96.19929
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:12 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 500 ftBear right onto Pauls Playground, heading W.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Ruthie's Backyard Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miPass DaCovid Viewpoint.
- 350 ftReach Stone Creek Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Pauls Playground, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 350 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 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 surface
6% dirt94% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:12 AMSunset 7:25 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- DaCovid Viewpoint–Jenny Newman Lake, 5 sights 2.8 mi · ▲ 491 ft
- Jenny Newman Lake & Ruthie's Backyard Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 475 ft
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