Battle Creek Regional Park

Battle Creek Regional Trail & Johnson Parkway Regional Trail

7 mi · ▲ 413 ft · 2 hr 32 min

Battle Creek Regional Trail & Johnson Parkway Regional Trail is a 7-mile out-and-back in Battle Creek Regional Park near Gladstone, MN. It climbs 413 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi705 – 886 ft7.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Johnson Parkway Regional Trail 44.96663, -93.04487
Nearest town Gladstone, MN

Directions

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Battle Creek Regional Trail & Johnson Parkway Regional Trail

7 mi · ▲ 413 ft · 2 hr 32 min

Elevation 706–885 ft

Out & Back · Battle Creek Regional Park

Trailhead: Johnson Parkway Regional Trail · 44.96663, -93.04487

Weather Sep 25: sunrise 7:04 AM · sunset 7:06 PM

Transit-accessible: Johnson Pkwy stop 18 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Johnson Parkway Regional Trail, heading S.
  2. 1.3 miTurn left onto Indian Mounds Trail, heading E.
  3. 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  4. 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  6. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  7. 250 ftTurn right onto Sam Morgan Regional Trail, heading S.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  9. 150 ftSharp left, heading S.
  10. 0.5 miBear left, heading SE.
  11. 0.8 miTurn left, heading E.
  12. 200 ftBear right, heading E.
  13. 50 ftBear left onto Battle Creek Regional Trail, heading E.
  14. 150 ftBear right onto Connector, heading NE.
  15. 350 ftTurn right onto Luge, heading NE.
  16. 0.2 miBear right onto Bowl, heading SW.
  17. 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
  18. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  19. 250 ftContinue straight onto Meadow Loop, heading E.
  20. 300 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  21. 150 ftReach Johnson Parkway Regional Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  22. 400 ftContinue straight onto Bowl, heading E.
  23. 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
  24. 0.2 miBear left onto Luge, heading W.
  25. 0.2 miTurn left onto Connector, heading W.
  26. 350 ftBear left onto Battle Creek Regional Trail, heading S.
  27. 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
  28. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  29. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  30. 0.8 miBear right, heading N.
  31. 0.5 miSharp right, heading NW.
  32. 150 ftTurn right onto Sam Morgan Regional Trail, heading W.
  33. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  34. 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  35. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  36. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  37. 400 ftTurn left onto Indian Mounds Trail, heading E.
  38. 400 ftTurn right onto Johnson Parkway Regional Trail, heading E.
  39. 0.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

65% paved35% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 7:04 AMSunset 7:06 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 6:44 PM for the 7:06 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:22 PM — 13 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Johnson Pkwy stop 18 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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