Banner Flats Wildlife Management Area
Summerset Trail
10.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 3 hr 34 min
Summerset Trail is a 10.7-mile out-and-back in Banner Flats Wildlife Management Area near Carlisle, IA. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 34/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Summerset Trail
10.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 3 hr 34 min
Elevation 777–820 ft
Out & Back · Banner Flats Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: 41.49860, -93.48675
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:01 AM · sunset 7:15 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Summerset Trail, heading SE.
- 5 miSharp left onto Corner Pocket, heading NW.
- 300 ftSharp right onto Missing Link, heading NE.
- 200 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 250 ftSharp left onto Corner Pocket, heading NE.
- 300 ftSharp right onto Summerset Trail, heading SE.
- 5.2 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 5.2 mi in (~125 min). Leave by 4:49 PM for the 7:15 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:35 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Summerset Trail 10.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Summerset Trail 10.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Coal Miner's Daughter via Summerset Trail 14.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Corner Pocket via Summerset Trail 10.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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