Top Shelf
3.6 mi · ▲ 137 ft · 1 hr 16 min
Top Shelf is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Saylorville Lake Project near Camp Dodge, IA. It is mostly level, with 137 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Top Shelf
3.6 mi · ▲ 137 ft · 1 hr 16 min
Elevation 802–947 ft
Out & Back · Saylorville Lake Project
Trailhead: 41.68933, -93.70199
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:16 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Top Shelf, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Low Line, heading E.
- 150 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 100 ftBear left onto Top Shelf, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.5 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~13 min). Leave by 6:42 PM for the 7:16 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:43 PM — 0 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
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