Rice Creek North Regional Trail Corridor

Rice Creek Parkway

4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 20 min

Rice Creek Parkway is a 4-mile out-and-back in Rice Creek North Regional Trail Corridor near Lexington, MN. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi883 – 912 ft4.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 45.12914, -93.15348
Nearest town Lexington, MN

Directions

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Rice Creek Parkway

4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 20 min

Elevation 881–913 ft

Out & Back · Rice Creek North Regional Trail Corridor

Trailhead: 45.12914, -93.15348

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:12 PM

Transit-accessible: Lovell Rd stop 502 m from the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 250 ftBear right, heading S.
  3. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
  4. 0.5 miBear right, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  6. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  7. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  9. 0.3 miTurn left onto Rice Creek Parkway, heading W.
  10. 0.1 miSharp right, heading SW.
  11. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  12. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  13. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  14. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  15. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  16. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  17. 100 ftBear left, heading E.
  18. 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  19. 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
  20. 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 surface

98% paved2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:12 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~8 min). Leave by 6:44 PM for the 7:12 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:35 PM — 6 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Lovell Rd stop 502 m from the trailhead

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