Kansas trails · East Turkey
East Turkey
A 3.0-mile out-and-back in Kansas, with 32 ft of climbing. Reaches Mallard Ponds. Managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
Elevation profile
Essentially flat — no sustained climb anywhere along its 3.0 miles.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Mallard Ponds (lake)
Getting there
East Turkey access. 37.13881, -101.82309 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 5:50 a.m., the sun rises at 6:16 a.m. and sets at 7:17 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:44 p.m. (MDT) — 13 h 01 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 6.1-mile round trip takes roughly 2 h 17 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 8:33 a.m. — 10 h 44 min before sunset.
Nearby trails
- Companion — 7.1 mi
- Santa Fe National Historic Trail — 7.1 mi
- Cimarron River Trail — 11.4 mi