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.

Elevation

0 mi840 – 886 ft2.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Hagstrom Park Path 44.86763, -93.11186
Nearest town Sunfish Lake, MN

Directions

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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

  1. Start on Hagstrom Park Path, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  5. 50 ftPass Copperfield Pond.
  6. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  7. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  8. 300 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  10. 0.2 miReach Copperfield Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  12. 0.1 miSharp right, heading SE.
  13. 300 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  14. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  15. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  16. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  17. 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.

Trail surface

55% paved25% dirt20% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 7:03 AMSunset 7:08 PM

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.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead