Cenaiko Lake via Coon Rapids Dam
3.3 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 7 min
Cenaiko Lake via Coon Rapids Dam is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park near Coon Creek, MN. The route reaches Cenaiko Lake. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Cenaiko Lake via Coon Rapids Dam
3.3 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 7 min
Elevation 818–862 ft
Out & Back · Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park
Trailhead: 45.15236, -93.30104
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:15 PM
Transit-accessible: Crane St stop 73 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 250 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftSharp left onto Coon Rapids Dam, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 miPass Cenaiko Lake.
- 450 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miReach Cenaiko Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 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 0.6 mi in (~14 min). Leave by 6:41 PM for the 7:15 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:43 PM — 0 min before dark.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Crane St stop 73 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Elm Creek Swim Pond–Elm Creek Park Reserve Beach, 5 sights 15.8 mi · ▲ 112 ft
- Oxbow Creek West Pond–Rush Creek Regional Trail Footpath, 3 sights 9 mi · ▲ 86 ft
- Rush Creek Regional Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Coon Rapids Dam 2.3 mi · ▲ 26 ft
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