Bush Lake & Bush Lake Beach
4.6 mi · ▲ 135 ft · 1 hr 36 min
Bush Lake & Bush Lake Beach is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Bush Lake Park near Bloomington Ferry, MN. The route passes Bush Lake Beach and Bush Lake. It is mostly level, with 135 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Bush Lake & Bush Lake Beach
4.6 mi · ▲ 135 ft · 1 hr 36 min
Elevation 836–901 ft
Out & Back · Bush Lake Park
Trailhead: 44.83316, -93.38388
Weather Sep 25: sunrise 7:05 AM · sunset 7:07 PM
Transit-accessible: Hennepin Town Rd stop 661 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Bush Lake Beach.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Bush Lake.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading S.
- 300 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftReach Bush Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 300 ftBear right, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.1 mi in (~53 min). Leave by 5:54 PM for the 7:07 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:15 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Hennepin Town Rd stop 661 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Bush Lake–SW Anderson Lake, 4 lakes 16 mi · ▲ 274 ft
- Bush Lake–SW Anderson Lake, 4 beaches 15.9 mi · ▲ 298 ft
- Bush Lake–Goose Nest Pond, 7 lakes 3.2 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Mount Gilboa–Bush Lake, 5 lakes 3.5 mi · ▲ 113 ft
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