Omaha: Hidden Lake
Only 8 miles from downtown, this diverse 3.4-mile loop curves gently around a pair of crystal-clear lakes (bring binocs to watch waterfowl) to an old trading post.
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Trail Facts
- Distance: 5.5
Waypoints
002
Location: 41.1742095947266, -95.890266418457
L onto Gifford Memorial Boardwalk Trail
003
Location: 41.1730690002441, -95.8850402832031
L onto Hidden Lake Trail; blind overlooks knife-shaped lake
005
Location: 41.1741981506348, -95.8778610229492
Keep straight; trail leaves shoreline
006
Location: 41.1684799194336, -95.8782119750976
Bear E; trek N side of pencil-thin lake
007
Location: 41.1615982055664, -95.8872375488281
Caution: RR crossing
008
Location: 41.1609230041504, -95.8877182006836
R onto History Trail
009
Location: 41.1634101867676, -95.8886032104492
Remains of frontier trading post, circa 1820
010
Location: 41.1643981933594, -95.8920364379883
R onto Prairie Trail
011
Location: 41.1699829101562, -95.8911361694336
Mormon Hollow trailhead on L
012
Location: 41.1722297668457, -95.8909606933594
R onto Round Trail; end loop @ learning center
001
Location: 41.1748352050781, -95.890251159668
Head S on boardwalk from Wetlands Learning Center
004
Location: 41.1748580932617, -95.8775329589844
Footbridge: Look for waterfowl in alcove