AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Bluff Creek & Bluff Creek Local Trail

5.4 mi · ▲ 60 ft · 1 hr 50 min

Bluff Creek & Bluff Creek Local Trail is a 5.4-mile out-and-back near Hazeltine, MN. The route passes Bluff Creek and Bluff Creek. It is mostly level, with 60 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.85979, -93.57760
Nearest town Hazeltine, MN
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Bluff Creek & Bluff Creek Local Trail

5.4 mi · ▲ 60 ft · 1 hr 50 min

Out & Back

Trailhead: 44.85979, -93.57760

Weather Sep 22: Mostly clear, high 63°F / low 48° · precip 1% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:14 PM

Transit-accessible: Coulter Blv stop 57 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  5. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  6. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Bluff Creek Local Trail, heading SW.
  7. 200 ftPass Bluff Creek.
  8. 0.3 miPass Bluff Creek.
  9. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  10. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  11. 100 ftTurn right onto Audubon Road, heading E.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bluff Creek Local Trail, heading E.
  13. 0.9 miReach Bluff Creek, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
  15. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Audubon Road, heading N.
  16. 50 ftTurn left onto Bluff Creek Local Trail, heading N.
  17. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  18. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  19. 1.4 miBear left, heading NE.
  20. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  21. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  22. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  23. 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/bluff-creek-bluff-creek-out-back-6-lakes-9-km

Trail surface

98% paved1% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Mostly clearTemperature 63°F48°
Precip1%Wind9 mphUV5Humidity75%
Rained 0.6″ 4 days ago (0.7″ over the last week)
Hourly temperature
65°45°
Sunrise 7:02 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:14 PM
Wed 66°48°
Thu 60°55° 51%
Fri 68°57° 23%
Sat 64°59° 54%
Sun 72°59° 23%
Mon 76°59° 26%

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Coulter Blv stop 57 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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