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Bunker Hills Regional Park Sunset Point via Prairie Oaks Trail

8 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 2 hr 42 min

Bunker Hills Regional Park Sunset Point via Prairie Oaks Trail is an 8-mile out-and-back near Constance, MN. The route reaches Bunker Hills Regional Park Sunset Point at the turnaround, 4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi869 – 912 ft9.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 45.25203, -93.30749
Nearest town Constance, MN
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Bunker Hills Regional Park Sunset Point via Prairie Oaks Trail

8 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 2 hr 42 min

Elevation 870–911 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 45.25203, -93.30749

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:17 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  6. 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  7. 1.8 miTurn right, heading S.
  8. 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
  9. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  10. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Prairie Oaks Trail, heading S.
  11. 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
  12. 0.5 miReach Bunker Hills Regional Park Sunset Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
  14. 1 miTurn left, heading N.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  16. 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  17. 1.8 miTurn left, heading N.
  18. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  19. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  20. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  21. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  22. 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/bunker-hills-regional-park-sunset-point-out-back-13-km-b9de

Trail surface

100% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:59 AMSunset 7:17 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.8 mi in (~69 min). Leave by 5:48 PM for the 7:17 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:40 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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