Colby Woods Trail & Walnut Creek Trail is a 4.2-mile out-and-back near Clive, IA. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi807 – 833 ft5.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Colby Woods Trail 41.60254, -93.71890
Nearest town Clive, IA
Directions
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Colby Woods Trail & Walnut Creek Trail
4.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 24 min
Elevation 808–834 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Colby Woods Trail · 41.60254, -93.71890
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:16 PM
Transit-accessible: University Ave & 73rd St stop 230 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Colby Woods Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Walnut Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 200 ftBear right, heading E.
- 150 ftBear right, heading E.
- 1.6 miReach Colby Woods Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.6 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left onto Colby Woods Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 500 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
80% paved20% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:02 AMSunset 7:16 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: University Ave & 73rd St stop 230 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Colby Woods Trail Trailhead
- Levee Trail & Walnut Creek Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Walnut Creek Trail & Waveland Trail 6.8 mi · ▲ 197 ft
- J11 Mountain Bike Trail & Walnut Creek Trail 4.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Clive Greenbelt Trail 5.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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