Elm Creek Park Reserve Beach & Target Northern Campus Lake via Rush Creek Regional Trail
7.6 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 2 hr 34 min
Elm Creek Park Reserve Beach & Target Northern Campus Lake via Rush Creek Regional Trail is a 7.6-mile out-and-back in Elm Creek Park Reserve near Osseo, MN. The route passes Elm Creek Park Reserve Beach before reaching Target Northern Campus Lake at the turnaround, 3.8 miles in. It is mostly level, with 55 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Elm Creek Park Reserve Beach & Target Northern Campus Lake via Rush Creek Regional Trail
7.6 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 2 hr 34 min
Elevation 870–922 ft
Out & Back · Elm Creek Park Reserve
Trailhead: 45.14484, -93.42642
Weather Sep 22: Overcast, high 66°F / low 44° · precip 1% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 7:01 AM · sunset 7:13 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Elm Creek Park Reserve Beach.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Rush Creek Regional Trail, heading SW.
- 1.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 1.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miPass Target Northern Campus Lake.
- 0.2 miReach Elm Creek Park Reserve Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 1.6 miBear left, heading W.
- 1.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 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 3.8 mi in (~92 min). Leave by 5:22 PM for the 7:13 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:00 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Fish Lake–Edward Lake, 3 lakes 12.6 mi · ▲ 194 ft
- Arbor Lake–North Arbor Lake, 3 lakes 6.9 mi · ▲ 29 ft
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