Top Shelf
4.4 mi · ▲ 162 ft · 1 hr 33 min
Top Shelf is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Saylorville Lake Project near Camp Dodge, IA. It is mostly level, with 162 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
4.4 mi · ▲ 162 ft · 1 hr 33 min
Elevation 802–994 ft
Out & Back · Saylorville Lake Project
Trailhead: 41.69547, -93.70735
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:01 AM · sunset 7:17 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 1.2 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.
- 100 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 100 ftBear left onto Top Shelf, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 200 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:57 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:17 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:45 PM.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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