Lebanon Hills Regional Park
Frog Swamp & Birch Pond via North Creek Greenway
16 mi · ▲ 491 ft · 5 hr 35 min
Frog Swamp & Birch Pond via North Creek Greenway is a 16-mile out-and-back in Lebanon Hills Regional Park near Mendota Heights, MN. The route passes Frog Swamp and Birch Pond before reaching Frog Swamp at the turnaround, 8 miles in. It climbs 491 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Frog Swamp & Birch Pond via North Creek Greenway
16 mi · ▲ 491 ft · 5 hr 35 min
Elevation 854–978 ft
Out & Back · Lebanon Hills Regional Park
Trailhead: 44.84805, -93.13616
Weather Sep 24: sunrise 7:03 AM · sunset 7:08 PM
Transit-accessible: Dodd Rd stop 662 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 1.5 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading W.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto North Creek Greenway, heading S.
- 0.5 miPass Frog Swamp.
- 0.2 miPass Birch Pond.
- 0.1 miReach Frog Swamp, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 1.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading E.
- 1.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
- 1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.1 mi in (~80 min). Leave by 5:28 PM for the 7:08 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:42 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Dodd Rd stop 662 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Holland Lake–Thomas Lake, 5 lakes 16 mi · ▲ 490 ft
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