Dodge Nature Center
Copperfield Pond via Hagstrom Park Path
2.6 mi · ▲ 85 ft · 55 min
Copperfield Pond via Hagstrom Park Path is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in Dodge Nature Center near Sunfish Lake, MN. The route reaches Copperfield Pond. It is mostly level, with 85 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Copperfield Pond via Hagstrom Park Path
2.6 mi · ▲ 85 ft · 55 min
Elevation 840–887 ft
Out & Back · Dodge Nature Center
Trailhead: Hagstrom Park Path · 44.86763, -93.11186
Weather Sep 24: sunrise 7:03 AM · sunset 7:08 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Hagstrom Park Path, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Copperfield Pond.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 300 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miReach Copperfield Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~25 min). Leave by 6:23 PM for the 7:08 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:49 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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