Nebraska trails · Lake Cunningham Trail

Lake Cunningham Trail

A 5.3-mile out-and-back in Nebraska, with 41 ft of climbing. Reaches Glenn Cunningham Lake.

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Length

5.3 mi

Elevation gain

41 ft

Difficulty

Easy

Max grade

Steepest mile

+41 ft

Shape

out-and-back

Surface

Concrete

Bikes

yes

Elevation profile

Essentially flat — no sustained climb anywhere along its 5.3 miles.

3-D terrain

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

Reaches

Glenn Cunningham Lake (lake)

Getting there

Lake Cunningham Trail access. About 16 min drive (10 mi) from Omaha. 41.35277, -96.05156 · directions

Daylight at the trailhead

On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 7:06 a.m., the sun rises at 7:34 a.m. and sets at 6:45 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:12 p.m. (CDT) — 11 h 10 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 10.6-mile round trip takes roughly 3 h 58 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 11:32 a.m. — 7 h 13 min before sunset.