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Carroll's Woods

Alimagnet Lake & Galaxie Park Lake

15.8 mi · ▲ 492 ft · 5 hr 31 min

Alimagnet Lake & Galaxie Park Lake is a 15.8-mile out-and-back in Carroll's Woods near Rosemount, MN. The route passes Galaxie Park Lake and Alimagnet Lake. It climbs 492 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi929 – 1,093 ft16.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.74937, -93.12805
Nearest town Rosemount, MN
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Alimagnet Lake & Galaxie Park Lake

15.8 mi · ▲ 492 ft · 5 hr 31 min

Elevation 928–1,093 ft

Out & Back · Carroll's Woods

Trailhead: 44.74937, -93.12805

Weather Sep 24: sunrise 7:03 AM · sunset 7:08 PM

Transit-accessible: Robert Trail stop 261 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  3. 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
  4. 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
  5. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  6. 0.7 miBear left, heading W.
  7. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  8. 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  9. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  10. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  11. 2.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  12. 500 ftPass Galaxie Park Lake.
  13. 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
  14. 1.9 miPass Alimagnet Lake.
  15. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  16. 1.2 miReach Alimagnet Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 1.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  18. 2 miTurn right, heading E.
  19. 0.9 miTurn left, heading S.
  20. 2.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  21. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  22. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  23. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  24. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  25. 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
  26. 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
  27. 100 ftBear right, heading E.
  28. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  29. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/alimagnet-lake-galaxie-park-lake-out-back-3-lakes-25-km-5df3

Trail surface

98% paved2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:03 AMSunset 7:08 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 6.4 mi in (~162 min). Leave by 4:06 PM for the 7:08 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:02 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Robert Trail stop 261 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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