Kansas trails · Eagle Ridge Trail
A 7.6-mile out-and-back in Kansas, with 111 ft of climbing.
The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route. It gives back about 252 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.

USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Eagle Ridge Trail access. About 1 h 24 min drive (71 mi) from Topeka. 39.09406, -96.89540 · directions
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 7:09 a.m., the sun rises at 7:35 a.m. and sets at 6:50 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:17 p.m. (CDT) — 11 h 15 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 15.2-mile round trip takes roughly 5 h 45 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 1:20 p.m. — 5 h 30 min before sunset.