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Lebanon Hills Regional Park

Blue & Highline Trail

4.9 mi · ▲ 236 ft · 1 hr 45 min

Blue & Highline Trail is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Lebanon Hills Regional Park near Cedar Grove, MN. It is mostly level, with 236 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi883 – 1,063 ft5.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.79660, -93.20434
Nearest town Cedar Grove, MN
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Blue & Highline Trail

4.9 mi · ▲ 236 ft · 1 hr 45 min

Elevation 883–1,062 ft

Out & Back · Lebanon Hills Regional Park

Trailhead: 44.79660, -93.20434

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

Transit-accessible: Kyle Way stop 60 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  3. 50 ftBear right onto Highline Trail, heading E.
  4. 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
  5. 0.2 miSharp right, heading E.
  6. 1.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  7. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  8. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  9. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  10. 150 ftBear right onto Black, heading E.
  11. 450 ftBear right, heading E.
  12. 100 ftSharp right onto Blue, heading E.
  13. 350 ftBear left, heading S.
  14. 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  16. 250 ftBear left, heading S.
  17. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  18. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  19. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  20. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  21. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  22. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  23. 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  24. 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  25. 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  26. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  27. 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  28. 0.6 miSharp right, heading N.
  29. 0.3 miSharp left, heading W.
  30. 0.2 miTurn right onto Highline Trail, heading SW.
  31. 300 ftBear left, heading SW.
  32. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  33. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/blue-highline-trail-out-back-8-km

Trail surface

73% paved23% dirt4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:03 AMSunset 7:08 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~26 min). Leave by 6:22 PM for the 7:08 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:48 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Kyle Way stop 60 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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