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Festooned Pond - Treated & Gimcrakery Pond - Treated via Dakota Rail Regional Trail

7.3 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 2 hr 27 min

Festooned Pond - Treated & Gimcrakery Pond - Treated via Dakota Rail Regional Trail is a 7.3-mile out-and-back near Maple, MN. The route passes Festooned Pond - Treated before reaching Gimcrakery Pond - Treated at the turnaround, 3.6 miles in. It is mostly level, with 26 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.88147, -93.81454
Nearest town Maple, MN
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Festooned Pond - Treated & Gimcrakery Pond - Treated via Dakota Rail Regional Trail

7.3 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 2 hr 27 min

Out & Back

Trailhead: 44.88147, -93.81454

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:17 PM

Bikes allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Dakota Rail Regional Trail, heading E.
  3. 3.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  4. 350 ftPass Festooned Pond - Treated.
  5. 0.4 miPass Gimcrakery Pond - Treated.
  6. 150 ftReach Festooned Pond - Treated, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 3.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/festooned-pond-treated-out-back

Trail surface

100% paved

Weather

Sunrise 7:02 AMSunset 7:17 PM

Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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