Nebraska trails · Calamus River Trail
Calamus River Trail
A 66.2-mile point-to-point in Nebraska, with 283 ft of climbing. Reaches Mud Bayou and other lake/spring destinations. Managed by the state.
Elevation profile
The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route. It climbs almost continuously, with little descent to recover on.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Mud Bayou (lake)
- Boiling Spring (spring)
- Fox Bayou (lake)
Getting there
Calamus River Trail access. 42.18208, -99.87137 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:34 a.m., the sun rises at 7:03 a.m. and sets at 8:15 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 8:44 p.m. (CDT) — 13 h 12 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 66.2-mile route works out to roughly 24 h 40 min of walking — more than a single day of daylight here, so plan it as an overnight or hike it in sections.