Kansas trails · Charcoal Loop
Charcoal Loop
A 1.6-mile out-and-back in Kansas, with 29 ft of climbing. Reaches Sunflower Park Lake.
Length
1.6 mi
Elevation gain
29 ft
Difficulty
Easy
Max grade
4%
Steepest mile
+23 ft
Shape
out-and-back
Surface
Dirt
Bikes
yes
Horses
no
Elevation profile
Essentially flat — no sustained climb anywhere along its 1.6 miles.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Sunflower Park Lake (lake)
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:20 a.m., the sun rises at 6:47 a.m. and sets at 7:52 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 8:19 p.m. (CDT) — 13 h 05 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 3.3-mile round trip takes roughly 1 h 14 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 8:01 a.m. — 11 h 50 min before sunset.
Nearby trails
- Indigo Loop — 0.1 mi
- Rose Loop — 0.1 mi
- Emerald Loop — 0.2 mi
- Cross Country Running Trail — 0.4 mi