Sugar Creek Trail
3.5 mi · ▲ 108 ft · 1 hr 13 min
Sugar Creek Trail is a 3.5-mile out-and-back near Midwest Country Estates, IA. It is mostly level, with 108 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Sugar Creek Trail
3.5 mi · ▲ 108 ft · 1 hr 13 min
Elevation 951–1,035 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 41.60299, -93.86598
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:03 AM · sunset 7:16 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Heart of the Warrior Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 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.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Heart of the Warrior Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive 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 1.0 mi in (~26 min). Leave by 6:30 PM for the 7:16 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:57 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Kettlestone Commons Pond & Tallgrass Pond 3.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Heart of the Warrior Trail Loop 3.1 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Heart of the Warrior Trail Loop 3.1 mi · ▲ 27 ft
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