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Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

10–Lake Ann Beach, 4 sights

8.9 mi · ▲ 249 ft · 3 hr 5 min

10–Lake Ann Beach, 4 sights is an 8.9-mile out-and-back in Minnesota Landscape Arboretum near Hazeltine, MN. The route passes Lake Ann Beach before reaching 10 at the turnaround, 4.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 249 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Ridge Trail 44.86114, -93.61408
Nearest town Hazeltine, MN
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10–Lake Ann Beach, 4 sights

8.9 mi · ▲ 249 ft · 3 hr 5 min

Out & Back · Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

Trailhead: Ridge Trail · 44.86114, -93.61408

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:18 PM

Transit-accessible: Rose Garden (Shuttle) stop 286 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Ridge Trail, heading E.
  2. 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  3. 450 ftTurn left onto Oak Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.3 miBear left onto Ridge Trail, heading E.
  5. 50 ftBear right onto Maintenance Trail, heading E.
  6. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Spring Peeper Trail, heading E.
  7. 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
  8. 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  11. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  12. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  13. 100 ftBear right, heading E.
  14. 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  15. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  16. 500 ftContinue straight onto Bluff Creek Local Trail, heading E.
  17. 350 ftBear left, heading NE.
  18. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  19. 0.2 miPass Lake Ann Beach.
  20. 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
  21. 0.7 miTurn left, heading E.
  22. 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
  23. 150 ftPass 10.
  24. 200 ftSharp left, heading N.
  25. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  26. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  27. 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
  28. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  29. 250 ftBear right, heading N.
  30. 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
  31. 100 ftReach 10, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  32. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  33. 250 ftBear left, heading NW.
  34. 200 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  35. 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  36. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
  37. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  38. 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
  39. 400 ftTurn right, heading W.
  40. 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
  41. 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
  42. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  43. 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
  44. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  45. 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
  46. 100 ftBear right, heading W.
  47. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  48. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  49. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  50. 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
  51. 50 ftBear left onto Spring Peeper Trail, heading W.
  52. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Maintenance Trail, heading W.
  53. 0.1 miBear left onto Ridge Trail, heading W.
  54. 50 ftBear right onto Oak Trail, heading W.
  55. 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
  56. 500 ftTurn right, heading W.
  57. 450 ftTurn left onto Ridge Trail, heading W.
  58. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/10-lake-ann-beach-out-back-4-sights-14-km-6a3a

Trail surface

68% paved12% dirt9% grass7% gravel3% boardwalk1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:18 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Rose Garden (Shuttle) stop 286 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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