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Bryant Lake Park Swimming Beach & UnitedHealth Pond via Nine Mile Creek Regional Trail

4.6 mi · ▲ 166 ft · 1 hr 37 min

Bryant Lake Park Swimming Beach & UnitedHealth Pond via Nine Mile Creek Regional Trail is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Walnut Ridge Park near Edina, MN. The route passes UnitedHealth Pond and 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 mi863 – 951 ft6.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Nine Mile Creek Regional Trail 44.89895, -93.39133
Nearest town Edina, MN
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Bryant Lake Park Swimming Beach & UnitedHealth Pond via Nine Mile Creek Regional Trail

4.6 mi · ▲ 166 ft · 1 hr 37 min

Elevation 864–953 ft

Out & Back · Walnut Ridge Park

Trailhead: Nine Mile Creek Regional Trail · 44.89895, -93.39133

Weather Sep 26: sunrise 7:06 AM · sunset 7:05 PM

Transit-accessible: Polar Circle stop 555 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Nine Mile Creek Regional Trail, heading W.
  2. 0.7 miPass UnitedHealth Pond.
  3. 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  5. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  6. 250 ftBear right, heading S.
  7. 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
  8. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  10. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  11. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  12. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  13. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  14. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  15. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  16. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  17. 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
  18. 250 ftContinue straight onto Point Chase, heading W.
  19. 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
  20. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  21. 0.2 miPass Bryant Lake Park Swimming Beach.
  22. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  23. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  24. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  25. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  26. 100 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  27. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  28. 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
  29. 150 ftBear right, heading S.
  30. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  31. 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
  32. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  33. 0.2 miSharp left, heading S.
  34. 300 ftTurn left, heading S.
  35. 100 ftBear left, heading S.
  36. 50 ftReach Bryant Lake Park Swimming Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  37. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  38. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  39. 350 ftSharp right, heading S.
  40. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  41. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  42. 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
  43. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  44. 150 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  45. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  46. 50 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  47. 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  48. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  49. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  50. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  51. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  52. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  53. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  54. 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  55. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  56. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  57. 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  58. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  59. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  60. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  61. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  62. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  63. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  64. 150 ftBear left, heading N.
  65. 200 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  66. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  67. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  68. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Nine Mile Creek Regional Trail, heading NW.
  69. 0.2 miArrive 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/bryant-lake-park-swimming-beach-unitedhealth-pond-out-back-3-lakes-7-km

Trail surface

71% paved11% boardwalk18% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:06 AMSunset 7:05 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.3 mi in (~59 min). Leave by 5:46 PM for the 7:05 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:18 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Polar Circle stop 555 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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