Wilderness Park Conservation Area
Wilderness Park Cutover & Wilderness Park Trail via Salt Creek Levee Trail
13.5 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 4 hr 31 min
Wilderness Park Cutover & Wilderness Park Trail via Salt Creek Levee Trail is a 13.5-mile out-and-back in Wilderness Park Conservation Area near Woodlawn Estates, NE. It is mostly level, with 26 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Wilderness Park Cutover & Wilderness Park Trail via Salt Creek Levee Trail
13.5 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 4 hr 31 min
Elevation 1,136–1,183 ft
Out & Back · Wilderness Park Conservation Area
Trailhead: 40.81961, -96.71002
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:13 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Transit-accessible: 9th & "T" Street stop 126 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Salt Creek Levee Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Salt Creek Level Trail, heading S.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Salt Creek Levee Trail, heading S.
- 1.7 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Jamaica North Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Wilderness Park Trail, heading S.
- 100 ftBear right onto Jamaica North Trail, heading S.
- 350 ftBear right onto Wilderness Park Hiker Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Jamaica North Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Wilderness Park Trail, heading SW.
- 1 miBear right onto Danger Bridge, heading S.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Rock Island Trail, heading S.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Wilderness Park Cutover, heading SW.
- 0.3 miReach Wilderness Park Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Rock Island Trail, heading SW.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Danger Bridge, heading W.
- 150 ftBear left onto Wilderness Park Trail, heading N.
- 1.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Jamaica North Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Wilderness Park Hiker Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Jamaica North Trail, heading N.
- 350 ftBear left onto Wilderness Park Trail, heading NE.
- 100 ftSharp left onto Jamaica North Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Salt Creek Levee Trail, heading N.
- 1.7 miContinue straight onto Salt Creek Level Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Salt Creek Levee Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 100 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.6 mi in (~39 min). Leave by 6:30 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:23 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: 9th & "T" Street stop 126 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Jamaica North Trail 15.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Jamaica North Trail 15.2 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Jamaica North Trail 12.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Jamaica North Trail 12.6 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Salt Creek Levee Trail 12.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Salt Creek Levee Trail 12.3 mi · ▲ 54 ft
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