Elm Creek Park Reserve Beach via Rush Creek Regional Trail
4.8 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 1 hr 38 min
Elm Creek Park Reserve Beach via Rush Creek Regional Trail is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Elm Creek Park Reserve near Osseo, MN. The route reaches Elm Creek Park Reserve Beach. It is mostly level, with 80 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 via Rush Creek Regional Trail
4.8 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 1 hr 38 min
Elevation 879–922 ft
Out & Back · Elm Creek Park Reserve
Trailhead: 45.12520, -93.39596
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:15 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Rush Creek Regional Trail, heading N.
- 1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miPass Elm Creek Park Reserve Beach.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 250 ftReach Elm Creek Park Reserve Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading E.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
- 400 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 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 6:53 PM for the 7:15 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:32 PM — 12 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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