Backbone State Park

Cash and I walked “North Gate Road” in Backbone State Park on 24-Jan-23. The park and gates were closed, but we walked in from the north gate to have the entire park to ourselves. The scenery was beautiful with a fairly fresh snow, Richmond Springs and the Maquoketa River running open, and dimming sunlight. Details are below.

Walk-Specific Map

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  • Numeric labels correspond to the same labels in the elevation profile and summary information below.

Elevation Profile

Images

GPX Download

A sanitized GPX file of our hike is here.

Summary Information

NUM trackID Primary Description Type Owner Distance CumDist DeltaElev
1 BBNGR01 Backbone SP - North Gate Rd North Gate to Richmond Springs trail Paved Public 0.50 0.50 -84
2 BBNGR02 Backbone SP - North Gate Rd Richmond Springs trail to Barred Owl trail [North] Paved Public 0.17 0.67 -11
3 BBNGR03 Backbone SP - North Gate Rd Barred Owl trail [North] to Cave trail Paved Public 0.18 0.85 -4
4 BBNGR04 Backbone SP - North Gate Rd Cave trail to Barred Owl trail [South] Paved Public 0.63 1.48 40
5 BBNGR05 Backbone SP - North Gate Rd Barred Owl trail [South] to South Flats trail Paved Public 1.40 2.88 -56
6 BBNGR05 Backbone SP - North Gate Rd South Flats trail to Barred Owl trail [South] Paved Public 1.40 4.28 56
7 BBNGR04 Backbone SP - North Gate Rd Barred Owl trail [South] to Cave trail Paved Public 0.63 4.91 -40
8 BBNGR03 Backbone SP - North Gate Rd Cave trail to Barred Owl trail [North] Paved Public 0.18 5.09 4
9 BBNGR02 Backbone SP - North Gate Rd Barred Owl trail [North] to Richmond Springs trail Paved Public 0.17 5.26 11
10 BBNGR01 Backbone SP - North Gate Rd Richmond Springs trail to North Gate Paved Public 0.50 5.76 84