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Kansas trails · Tank trail

Tank trail

A 2.2-mile out-and-back in Kansas, with 209 ft of climbing. Reaches Rodney Hill and other summit destinations.

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Length
2.2 mi
Elevation gain
209 ft
Difficulty
Easy
Max grade
12%
Steepest mile
+138 ft
Tread at ≥10% grade
0.1 mi
Shape
out-and-back
Surface
Gravel

Elevation profile

1,071 – 1,280 ft12

Most of the climbing sits in the first third — 56% of the ascent, between mile 0.0 and mile 0.7.

3-D terrain

3-D terrain view of Tank trail

USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5

Reaches

Getting there

Tank trail access — parking nearby. About 1 h 24 min drive (67 mi, 2 of them unpaved) from Topeka. 39.10087, -96.74334 · directions

Daylight at the trailhead

On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 7:08 a.m., the sun rises at 7:35 a.m. and sets at 6:50 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:16 p.m. (CDT) — 11 h 15 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 4.4-mile round trip takes roughly 1 h 50 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 9:25 a.m. — 9 h 24 min before sunset.

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