Festooned Pond - Treated & Gimcrakery Pond - Treated via Dakota Rail Regional Trail
7.9 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 2 hr 40 min
Festooned Pond - Treated & Gimcrakery Pond - Treated via Dakota Rail Regional Trail is a 7.9-mile out-and-back in Gale Woods Farm near Minnetrista, MN. The route passes Festooned Pond - Treated before reaching Gimcrakery Pond - Treated at the turnaround, 4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 81 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Festooned Pond - Treated & Gimcrakery Pond - Treated via Dakota Rail Regional Trail
7.9 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 2 hr 40 min
Out & Back · Gale Woods Farm
Trailhead: 44.92758, -93.70529
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:01 AM · sunset 7:16 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Dakota Rail Regional Trail;Baker-Carver Regional Trail, heading SW.
- 3.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miPass Festooned Pond - Treated.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miPass Gimcrakery Pond - Treated.
- 400 ftReach Festooned Pond - Treated, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Dakota Rail Regional Trail, heading N.
- 3.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 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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Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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