White Oak Hill Trail & Woodpecker Trail via Wapsi-River Nature Trail
5 mi · ▲ 291 ft · 1 hr 49 min
White Oak Hill Trail & Woodpecker Trail via Wapsi-River Nature Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back in Pinicon Ridge County Park near Central City, IA. It climbs 291 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly paved. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi817 – 961 ft · steepest grade: 16%5.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.20398, -91.52648
Nearest town Central City, IA
Directions
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White Oak Hill Trail & Woodpecker Trail via Wapsi-River Nature Trail
5 mi · ▲ 291 ft · 1 hr 49 min
Elevation 817–961 ft
Out & Back · Pinicon Ridge County Park
Trailhead: 42.20398, -91.52648
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:09 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Central City Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto Wapsi-River Nature Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto White Oak Hill Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto White Oak Hill Connector, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Woodpecker Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miReach White Oak Hill Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto White Oak Hill Connector, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto White Oak Hill Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Wapsi-River Nature Trail, heading NE.
- 1.8 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Central City Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 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
74% paved23% dirt3% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:52 AMSunset 7:09 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Wapsi-River Nature Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 109 ft
- Wapsi-River Nature Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 110 ft
- Mary Lundby Bridge Viewpoint–Echo Bench, 3 sights 5.7 mi · ▲ 439 ft
- White Oak Hill Trail via Wapsi-River Nature Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 234 ft
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