Youth Sports Park Pond via Muddy Creek Trail
2.7 mi · ▲ 84 ft · 57 min
Youth Sports Park Pond via Muddy Creek Trail is a 2.7-mile out-and-back in Coralville Youth Sports Park near Oakdale, IA. The route reaches Youth Sports Park Pond at the turnaround, 1.2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 84 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Youth Sports Park Pond via Muddy Creek Trail
2.7 mi · ▲ 84 ft · 57 min
Elevation 721–806 ft
Out & Back · Coralville Youth Sports Park
Trailhead: 41.70283, -91.58790
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:53 AM · sunset 7:07 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Transit-accessible: Oakdale Blvd & 12th Ave stop 166 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Muddy Creek Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 400 ftReach Youth Sports Park Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~33 min). Leave by 6:14 PM for the 7:07 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:57 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Transit-accessible: Oakdale Blvd & 12th Ave stop 166 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Colony Acres & Iowa River Corridor Trail 10 mi · ▲ 189 ft
- University Lake–Clear Creek Trail, 3 sights 14.9 mi · ▲ 360 ft
- Muddy Creek Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 83 ft
- Muddy Creek Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 83 ft
- Muddy Creek Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 110 ft
- Auburn Hills Trail via Muddy Creek Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 144 ft
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