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Wilderness Park Conservation Area

Wilderness Park Cutover via Wilderness Park Trail

4.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 32 min

Wilderness Park Cutover via Wilderness Park Trail is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Wilderness Park Conservation Area near Jamaica, NE. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,161 – 1,184 ft5.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Wilderness Park Trail 40.71718, -96.70237
Nearest town Jamaica, NE
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Wilderness Park Cutover via Wilderness Park Trail

4.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 32 min

Elevation 1,161–1,184 ft

Out & Back · Wilderness Park Conservation Area

Trailhead: Wilderness Park Trail · 40.71718, -96.70237

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:14 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

Bikes allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Wilderness Park Trail, heading W.
  2. 250 ftBear left onto Wilderness Park, heading SW.
  3. 100 ftContinue straight onto Wilderness Park Trail, heading W.
  4. 1.6 miTurn left onto Wilderness Park, heading NW.
  5. 100 ftTurn right onto Wilderness Park Trail, heading NW.
  6. 0.3 miTurn left onto Wilderness Park Cutover, heading NW.
  7. 0.3 miReach Wilderness Park Cutover, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.3 miTurn right onto Wilderness Park Trail, heading NE.
  9. 0.3 miTurn left onto Wilderness Park, heading SE.
  10. 100 ftTurn right onto Wilderness Park Trail, heading SE.
  11. 1.6 miContinue straight onto Wilderness Park, heading S.
  12. 100 ftBear right onto Wilderness Park Trail, heading SE.
  13. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/wilderness-park-cutover-out-back

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:27 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.1 mi in (~51 min). Leave by 6:17 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:33 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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