Nebraska trails · The Narrows
The Narrows
A 42.2-mile point-to-point in Nebraska, with 166 ft of climbing. Reaches Trout Lake. 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
- Trout Lake (lake)
Getting there
Area 3 Trails junction. About 34 min drive (22 mi) from Omaha. 41.00434, -96.17506 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 7:07 a.m., the sun rises at 7:34 a.m. and sets at 6:45 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:13 p.m. (CDT) — 11 h 11 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 42.2-mile route works out to roughly 15 h 42 min of walking — more than a single day of daylight here, so plan it as an overnight or hike it in sections.
Across the border
- Continues into IA as The Narrows — view on the map
Nearby trails
- Mahoney Trail — 7.1 mi
- Wehrspann Lake Trail — 10.4 mi
- Walnut Creek Trail West — 10.8 mi
- Zorinsky Lake Trail — 14.8 mi