Wood Duck Way
2.1 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 43 min
Wood Duck Way is a 2.1-mile out-and-back in Indian Creek Nature Center near Vernon View, IA. It is mostly level, with 28 ft of elevation gain. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi699 – 748 ft2.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.97392, -91.58029
Nearest town Vernon View, IA
Directions
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Wood Duck Way
2.1 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 43 min
Elevation 700–748 ft
Out & Back · Indian Creek Nature Center
Trailhead: 41.97392, -91.58029
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:09 PM
Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Sac & Fox Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Maple, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Sac & Fox Trail, heading SW.
- 500 ftBear left onto Maple, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear right onto Sac & Fox Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Blue Bird Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Wood Duck Way, heading SW.
- 450 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 200 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Blue Bird Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Sac & Fox Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Maple, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear right onto Sac & Fox Trail, heading SE.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Maple, heading E.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Sac & Fox Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading N.
- 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
19% dirt7% grass5% gravel1% paved68% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:52 AMSunset 7:09 PM
Good to know
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Sac & Fox Trail 6.7 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Prairie Park Fishery–Ephemeral Pond, 4 sights 8.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Birch 2.2 mi · ▲ 28 ft
- Sac & Fox Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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