45 North Trail–Dead Dog, 3 sights
3.7 mi · ▲ 146 ft · 1 hr 18 min
45 North Trail–Dead Dog, 3 sights is a 3.7-mile out-and-back in Theodore Wirth Park near Glenwood Junction, MN. It is mostly level, with 146 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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45 North Trail–Dead Dog, 3 sights
3.7 mi · ▲ 146 ft · 1 hr 18 min
Elevation 821–955 ft
Out & Back · Theodore Wirth Park
Trailhead: 45.00619, -93.31668
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:15 PM
Transit-accessible: West Broadway & 27th Ave N stop 305 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Dead Dog, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp right onto 45 North Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Wirth Parkway Bike Path, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.4 miReach Dead Dog, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto 45 North Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Dead Dog, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.9 miSharp right, heading E.
- 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:55 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:15 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:44 PM.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: West Broadway & 27th Ave N stop 305 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Back 40–Sweeney Lake, 12 lakes 6.7 mi · ▲ 194 ft
- Wirth Lake–Bassett Creek Lagoons, 6 lakes 5.7 mi · ▲ 184 ft
- Bassett Creek Lagoons–Bassett Creek, 4 sights 5 mi · ▲ 138 ft
- Wirth Lake–Bassett Creek Lagoons, 6 lakes 4.6 mi · ▲ 108 ft
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