Nebraska trails · North Loup River Trail
North Loup River Trail
A 20.0-mile point-to-point in Nebraska, with 121 ft of climbing. Reaches Burwell-Sumter Diversion Reservoir. Managed by the state.
Elevation profile
Essentially flat — no sustained climb anywhere along its 20.0 miles.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Burwell-Sumter Diversion Reservoir (lake)
Getting there
North Loup River Trail access. 41.60774, -98.92210 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:31 a.m., the sun rises at 7:00 a.m. and sets at 8:10 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 8:39 p.m. (CDT) — 13 h 10 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 20.0-mile route takes roughly 7 h 29 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 2:28 p.m. — 5 h 42 min before sunset.