Bryant Lake Regional Park

Bryant Lake Park Swimming Beach via Nine Mile Creek Regional Trail

9.1 mi · ▲ 166 ft · 3 hr 7 min

Bryant Lake Park Swimming Beach via Nine Mile Creek Regional Trail is a 9.1-mile out-and-back in Bryant Lake Regional Park near Minnetonka Mills, MN. The route reaches Bryant Lake Park Swimming Beach. It is mostly level, with 166 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi876 – 951 ft11.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: North Cedar Lake LRT Regional Trail 44.93700, -93.39440
Nearest town Minnetonka Mills, MN

Directions

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Bryant Lake Park Swimming Beach via Nine Mile Creek Regional Trail

9.1 mi · ▲ 166 ft · 3 hr 7 min

Elevation 877–953 ft

Out & Back · Bryant Lake Regional Park

Trailhead: North Cedar Lake LRT Regional Trail · 44.93700, -93.39440

Weather Sep 25: sunrise 7:05 AM · sunset 7:07 PM

Transit-accessible: Phillips Pkwy stop 261 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on North Cedar Lake LRT Regional Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.9 miBear right onto Minnesota River Bluffs LRT Regional Trail, heading SE.
  3. 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
  4. 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
  5. 0.4 miTurn left onto Nine Mile Creek Regional Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
  7. 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  9. 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  12. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  13. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  14. 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  16. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
  17. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  18. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  19. 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
  20. 250 ftContinue straight onto Point Chase, heading W.
  21. 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
  22. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  23. 0.1 miPass Bryant Lake Park Swimming Beach.
  24. 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
  25. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  26. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  27. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  28. 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
  29. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  30. 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
  31. 150 ftBear right, heading S.
  32. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  33. 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
  34. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  35. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
  36. 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
  37. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  38. 50 ftReach Bryant Lake Park Swimming Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  39. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  40. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  41. 350 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  42. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  43. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  44. 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  45. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  46. 150 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  47. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  48. 50 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  49. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  50. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  51. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  52. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  53. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  54. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  55. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  56. 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
  57. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  58. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  59. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  60. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  61. 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
  62. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  63. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  64. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  65. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  66. 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
  67. 50 ftBear left onto Nine Mile Creek Regional Trail, heading N.
  68. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  69. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  70. 0.4 miTurn right onto Minnesota River Bluffs LRT Regional Trail, heading N.
  71. 0.8 miBear left onto North Cedar Lake LRT Regional Trail, heading W.
  72. 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

93% paved7% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:05 AMSunset 7:07 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.5 mi in (~111 min). Leave by 4:56 PM for the 7:07 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:13 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Phillips Pkwy stop 261 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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