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Wally Bruner Forest via Skunk River Trail

2 mi · ▲ 56 ft · 42 min

Wally Bruner Forest via Skunk River Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back near Ames, IA. The route reaches Wally Bruner Forest at the turnaround, 0.8 miles in. It is mostly level, with 56 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi889 – 955 ft2.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Skunk River Trail 42.03891, -93.60344
Nearest town Ames, IA
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Wally Bruner Forest via Skunk River Trail

2 mi · ▲ 56 ft · 42 min

Elevation 890–954 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Skunk River Trail · 42.03891, -93.60344

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:17 PM

Transit-accessible: Duff Avenue at 16th Street Eastbound stop 593 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftContinue straight onto Skunk River Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.8 miTurn left, heading W.
  4. 50 ftPass Wally Bruner Forest.
  5. 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  6. 0.1 miReach Wally Bruner Forest, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  9. 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/wally-bruner-forest-out-back-3-km-e62c

Trail surface

80% paved20% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:17 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Duff Avenue at 16th Street Eastbound stop 593 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Ames, Iowa