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Wilderness Park Conservation Area

Wilderness Park Trail

13 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 4 hr 21 min

Wilderness Park Trail is a 13-mile out-and-back in Wilderness Park Conservation Area near Yankee Hill, NE. It is mostly level, with 26 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,152 – 1,204 ft14.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.76263, -96.72033
Nearest town Yankee Hill, NE
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Wilderness Park Trail

13 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 4 hr 21 min

Elevation 1,153–1,203 ft

Out & Back · Wilderness Park Conservation Area

Trailhead: 40.76263, -96.72033

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:15 AM · sunset 7:26 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  3. 150 ftTurn right onto Wilderness Park Horse Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right onto Wilderness Park Trail, heading S.
  5. 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
  6. 1 miBear left onto Wilderness Park, heading S.
  7. 50 ftBear right onto Wilderness Park Trail, heading SE.
  8. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Wilderness Park, heading S.
  9. 150 ftBear left onto Wilderness Park Trail, heading SW.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left onto Wilderness Park, heading E.
  11. 100 ftTurn right onto Wilderness Park Trail, heading S.
  12. 1.6 miContinue straight onto Wilderness Park, heading S.
  13. 150 ftTurn right onto Wilderness Park Trail, heading S.
  14. 0.3 miSharp right onto Jamaica North Trail, heading S.
  15. 0.2 miTurn left onto Wilderness Park Trail, heading E.
  16. 200 ftContinue straight onto Jamaica North Trail, heading E.
  17. 2 miReach Wilderness Park Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 2 miContinue straight onto Wilderness Park Trail, heading N.
  19. 150 ftTurn right onto Jamaica North Trail, heading N.
  20. 0.2 miSharp left onto Wilderness Park Trail, heading NW.
  21. 0.3 miTurn left onto Wilderness Park, heading N.
  22. 100 ftContinue straight onto Wilderness Park Trail, heading N.
  23. 1.6 miTurn left onto Wilderness Park, heading N.
  24. 100 ftTurn right onto Wilderness Park Trail, heading N.
  25. 0.3 miBear right onto Wilderness Park, heading N.
  26. 150 ftContinue straight onto Wilderness Park Trail, heading N.
  27. 0.2 miBear left onto Wilderness Park, heading NW.
  28. 50 ftBear right onto Wilderness Park Trail, heading N.
  29. 0.9 miSharp left, heading NE.
  30. 0.7 miTurn left onto Wilderness Park Horse Trail, heading N.
  31. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  32. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  33. 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-trail-wilderness-park-trail-out-back-16-km-b787

Trail surface

65% dirt26% gravel9% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:15 AMSunset 7:26 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.4 mi in (~58 min). Leave by 6:08 PM for the 7:26 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:38 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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