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Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

Bluff Creek Local Trail

10.6 mi · ▲ 198 ft · 3 hr 38 min

Bluff Creek Local Trail is a 10.6-mile out-and-back in Minnesota Landscape Arboretum near Victoria, MN. It is mostly level, with 198 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi869 – 1,040 ft11.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.84903, -93.64464
Nearest town Victoria, MN
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Bluff Creek Local Trail

10.6 mi · ▲ 198 ft · 3 hr 38 min

Elevation 868–1,039 ft

Out & Back · Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

Trailhead: 44.84903, -93.64464

Weather Sep 24: sunrise 7:05 AM · sunset 7:10 PM

Transit-accessible: Kochia Lane stop 280 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  3. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
  4. 2 miBear left, heading E.
  5. 1.6 miBear left, heading E.
  6. 150 ftBear right, heading E.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  8. 50 ftTurn left onto Bluff Creek Local Trail, heading E.
  9. 50 ftTurn right onto Audubon Road, heading E.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bluff Creek Local Trail, heading E.
  11. 0.9 miReach Bluff Creek Local Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
  13. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Audubon Road, heading N.
  14. 50 ftTurn left onto Bluff Creek Local Trail, heading N.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  16. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  17. 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  18. 150 ftBear right, heading N.
  19. 1.6 miBear right, heading W.
  20. 2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  21. 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
  22. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/bluff-creek-local-trail-out-back-17-km

Trail surface

98% paved1% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:05 AMSunset 7:10 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.0 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 6:49 PM for the 7:10 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:26 PM — 13 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Kochia Lane stop 280 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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