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Mississippi Gateway Regional Park

Cenaiko Lake–Rush Creek Regional Trail Footpath, 3 sights

7.7 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 2 hr 36 min

Cenaiko Lake–Rush Creek Regional Trail Footpath, 3 sights is a 7.7-mile out-and-back in Mississippi Gateway Regional Park near West Coon Rapids, MN. The route reaches Cenaiko Lake at the turnaround, 3.6 miles in. It is mostly level, with 53 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi820 – 876 ft9.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 45.15187, -93.35728
Nearest town West Coon Rapids, MN
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Cenaiko Lake–Rush Creek Regional Trail Footpath, 3 sights

7.7 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 2 hr 36 min

Elevation 819–877 ft

Out & Back · Mississippi Gateway Regional Park

Trailhead: 45.15187, -93.35728

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:15 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  5. 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  6. 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  8. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  9. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  10. 0.1 miTurn left onto Rush Creek Regional Trail, heading SE.
  11. 0.1 miTurn left onto Rush Creek Regional Trail Footpath, heading S.
  12. 0.3 miSharp left, heading SE.
  13. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Rush Creek Regional Trail, heading S.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Rush Creek Regional Trail Footpath, heading S.
  15. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Rush Creek Regional Trail, heading E.
  16. 200 ftTurn right onto Rush Creek Regional Trail Footpath, heading E.
  17. 400 ftContinue straight onto Rush Creek Regional Trail, heading NE.
  18. 50 ftContinue straight onto Rush Creek Regional Trail Footpath, heading NE.
  19. 50 ftBear left onto Rush Creek Regional Trail, heading N.
  20. 50 ftBear left onto Rush Creek Regional Trail Footpath, heading N.
  21. 350 ftContinue straight onto Rush Creek Regional Trail, heading N.
  22. 100 ftContinue straight onto Rush Creek Regional Trail Footpath, heading E.
  23. 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
  24. 50 ftBear right onto Rush Creek Regional Trail, heading S.
  25. 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  26. 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  27. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  28. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  29. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  30. 250 ftBear left, heading N.
  31. 100 ftBear right onto Coon Rapids Dam, heading NW.
  32. 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
  33. 0.2 miPass Cenaiko Lake.
  34. 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
  35. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  36. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  37. 0.2 miReach Cenaiko Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  38. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  39. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  40. 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
  41. 0.7 miBear left, heading SE.
  42. 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
  43. 250 ftBear right onto Rush Creek Regional Trail, heading S.
  44. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  45. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  46. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  47. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  48. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  49. 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
  50. 50 ftBear right onto Rush Creek Regional Trail Footpath, heading W.
  51. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Rush Creek Regional Trail, heading SW.
  52. 50 ftContinue straight onto Rush Creek Regional Trail Footpath, heading SW.
  53. 350 ftBear right onto Rush Creek Regional Trail, heading SW.
  54. 50 ftBear right onto Rush Creek Regional Trail Footpath, heading SW.
  55. 50 ftContinue straight onto Rush Creek Regional Trail, heading SW.
  56. 50 ftContinue straight onto Rush Creek Regional Trail Footpath, heading SW.
  57. 400 ftTurn left onto Rush Creek Regional Trail, heading S.
  58. 300 ftContinue straight onto Rush Creek Regional Trail Footpath, heading SW.
  59. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Rush Creek Regional Trail, heading NW.
  60. 50 ftContinue straight onto Rush Creek Regional Trail Footpath, heading NW.
  61. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  62. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  63. 50 ftContinue straight onto Rush Creek Regional Trail, heading SE.
  64. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  65. 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
  66. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  67. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  68. 0.2 miSharp right, heading S.
  69. 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
  70. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  71. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  72. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  73. 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/cenaiko-lake-cenaiko-lake-out-back-5-sights-12-km

Trail surface

58% paved35% dirt4% grass3% other

Weather

Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:15 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.9 mi in (~69 min). Leave by 5:46 PM for the 7:15 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:39 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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