Wilderness Park Conservation Area
Wilderness Park Trail
12.1 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 4 hr 3 min
Wilderness Park Trail is a 12.1-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.
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Wilderness Park Trail
12.1 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 4 hr 3 min
Elevation 1,147–1,194 ft
Out & Back · Wilderness Park Conservation Area
Trailhead: 40.76263, -96.72033
Weather Sep 23: sunrise 7:16 AM · sunset 7:24 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Wilderness Park Horse Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftBear left onto Wilderness Park Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
- 1 miBear left onto Wilderness Park, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Wilderness Park Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Wilderness Park, heading S.
- 150 ftBear left onto Wilderness Park Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Wilderness Park, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Wilderness Park Trail, heading S.
- 1.6 miContinue straight onto Wilderness Park, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Wilderness Park Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Jamaica North Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Wilderness Park Trail, heading SE.
- 1 miReach Wilderness Park Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miTurn right onto Jamaica North Trail, heading NE.
- 0.9 miSharp left onto Wilderness Park Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Wilderness Park, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Wilderness Park Trail, heading N.
- 1.6 miTurn left onto Wilderness Park, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Wilderness Park Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Wilderness Park, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Wilderness Park Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Wilderness Park, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Wilderness Park Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Wilderness Park Horse Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, 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.
Trail surface
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.3 mi in (~56 min). Leave by 6:08 PM for the 7:24 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:35 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Wilderness Park Trail 13 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Salt Creek Level Trail (original) & Wilderness Park Trail 8.1 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- Wilderness Park Trail 9.1 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Oak Lake & Wilderness Park Trail via Salt Creek Levee Trail 10.9 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Wilderness Park Cutover & Wilderness Park Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Great Plains Trails Network Connector Trail & Wilderness Park Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 55 ft
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