Festooned Pond - Treated & Gimcrakery Pond - Treated via Dakota Rail Regional Trail
14.8 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 4 hr 58 min
Festooned Pond - Treated & Gimcrakery Pond - Treated via Dakota Rail Regional Trail is a 14.8-mile out-and-back near Mayer, MN. The route passes Festooned Pond - Treated before reaching Gimcrakery Pond - Treated at the turnaround, 7.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 55 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Festooned Pond - Treated & Gimcrakery Pond - Treated via Dakota Rail Regional Trail
14.8 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 4 hr 58 min
Out & Back
Trailhead: Dakota Rail Regional Trail · 44.88470, -93.88955
Weather Sep 20: Light drizzle, high 63°F / low 54° · precip 2% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 7:01 AM · sunset 7:19 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 250 ftBear left onto Dakota Rail Regional Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 6.9 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 350 ftPass Festooned Pond - Treated.
- 0.4 miPass Gimcrakery Pond - Treated.
- 150 ftReach Festooned Pond - Treated, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 7.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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