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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

  1. Start on Colby Woods Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  3. 50 ftBear right onto Walnut Creek Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  5. 200 ftBear right, heading E.
  6. 150 ftBear right, heading E.
  7. 1.6 miReach Colby Woods Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 1.6 miBear right, heading W.
  9. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  10. 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  11. 200 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  12. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  13. 150 ftBear left onto Colby Woods Trail, heading NW.
  14. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  15. 500 ftBear right, heading NW.
  16. 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
  17. 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

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