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Lilydale-Harriet Island Park

Augusta Lake & Lilydale Regional Trail via Big Rivers Regional Trail

7.1 mi · ▲ 220 ft · 2 hr 29 min

Augusta Lake & Lilydale Regional Trail via Big Rivers Regional Trail is a 7.1-mile out-and-back in Lilydale-Harriet Island Park near Mendota Heights, MN. The route reaches Augusta Lake. It is mostly level, with 220 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi699 – 938 ft7.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.89414, -93.13427
Nearest town Mendota Heights, MN
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Augusta Lake & Lilydale Regional Trail via Big Rivers Regional Trail

7.1 mi · ▲ 220 ft · 2 hr 29 min

Elevation 700–937 ft

Out & Back · Lilydale-Harriet Island Park

Trailhead: 44.89414, -93.13427

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

Transit-accessible: Eagle Ridge Dr stop 350 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  3. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto River to River Greenway, heading E.
  6. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  7. 300 ftContinue straight onto Lilydale Regional Trail, heading NW.
  8. 0.8 miReach Augusta Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
  10. 0.1 miTurn right onto Big Rivers Regional Trail, heading SE.
  11. 1.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
  12. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  13. 0.1 miSharp right, heading SW.
  14. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  15. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  16. 0.3 miPass Augusta Lake.
  17. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  18. 0.7 miTurn left, heading E.
  19. 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
  20. 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
  21. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  22. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/augusta-lake-lilydale-regional-trail-out-back-11-km

Trail surface

97% paved3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:03 AMSunset 7:08 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.2 mi in (~31 min). Leave by 6:17 PM for the 7:08 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:54 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Eagle Ridge Dr stop 350 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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