Sugar Creek Trail
7.9 mi · ▲ 118 ft · 2 hr 42 min
Sugar Creek Trail is a 7.9-mile out-and-back near Midwest Country Estates, IA. It is mostly level, with 118 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Sugar Creek Trail
7.9 mi · ▲ 118 ft · 2 hr 42 min
Elevation 951–1,048 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 41.58842, -93.86769
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:18 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Heart of the Warrior Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Sugar Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miReach Sugar Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Heart of the Warrior Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.9 miSharp right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.6 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.2 mi in (~29 min). Leave by 6:29 PM for the 7:18 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:02 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Heart of the Warrior Trail 5.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Heart of the Warrior Trail 6 mi · ▲ 26 ft
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