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.
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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
- Start on Johnson Parkway Regional Trail, heading S.
- 1.3 miTurn left onto Indian Mounds Trail, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Sam Morgan Regional Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading E.
- 200 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Battle Creek Regional Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftBear right onto Connector, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Luge, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Bowl, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Meadow Loop, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftReach Johnson Parkway Regional Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Bowl, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Luge, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Connector, heading W.
- 350 ftBear left onto Battle Creek Regional Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Sam Morgan Regional Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Indian Mounds Trail, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Johnson Parkway Regional Trail, heading E.
- 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.
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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.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Johnson Pkwy stop 18 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Johnson Parkway Regional Trail Trailhead
- Johnson Parkway Regional Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Johnson Parkway Regional Trail & Sam Morgan Regional Trail 5.6 mi · ▲ 176 ft
- Freight Train & Johnson Parkway Regional Trail 7.3 mi · ▲ 418 ft
- Indian Mounds Viewpoint & Johnson Parkway Regional Trail 3 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Carver’s Cave Overlook–Indian Mounds Viewpoint, 3 viewpoints 4.3 mi · ▲ 134 ft
- Sam Morgan Regional Viewpoint & Johnson Parkway Regional Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 54 ft
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