Bluff Creek & Lake Ann Beach via Bluff Creek Local Trail
4 mi · ▲ 134 ft · 1 hr 24 min
Bluff Creek & Lake Ann Beach via Bluff Creek Local Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back in Lake Ann Park near Carver Beach, MN. The route passes Lake Ann Beach and Bluff Creek before reaching Bluff Creek at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It is mostly level, with 134 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Bluff Creek & Lake Ann Beach via Bluff Creek Local Trail
4 mi · ▲ 134 ft · 1 hr 24 min
Out & Back · Lake Ann Park
Trailhead: 44.86348, -93.55627
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:01 AM · sunset 7:16 PM
Transit-accessible: Audubon Rd stop 624 m from the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Lake Ann Beach.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bluff Creek Local Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.6 miPass Bluff Creek.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 100 ftReach Bluff Creek, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive 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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Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Audubon Rd stop 624 m from the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Bluff Creek & Lake Ann Beach via Bluff Creek Local Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 80 ft
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