Kansas trails · Yellow Trail
Yellow Trail
A 7.3-mile out-and-back in Kansas, with 95 ft of climbing.
Elevation profile
The climbing leans toward the final third: 51% of the ascent falls between mile 4.9 and mile 7.3. It gives back about 299 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:21 a.m., the sun rises at 6:49 a.m. and sets at 7:53 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 8:20 p.m. (CDT) — 13 h 04 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 14.6-mile round trip takes roughly 5 h 31 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 12:19 p.m. — 7 h 34 min before sunset.
Loop options
- Yellow Trail + Ichabod Way + Hornet's Haymaker (Downhill) — 1.4 mi loop, 181 ft gain
- Yellow Trail + Connector + Field Trail — 1.5 mi loop, 243 ft gain
- Field Trail + Connector + Yellow Trail — 1.4 mi loop, 167 ft gain
Nearby trails
- White Trail — 4.3 mi
- Blue Trail — 4.3 mi
- Cross Country Running Trail — 17.5 mi
- Indigo Loop — 17.7 mi