Gale Woods Farm

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.

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.92758, -93.70529
Nearest town Minnetrista, MN

Directions

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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.1 miSharp right onto Dakota Rail Regional Trail;Baker-Carver Regional Trail, heading SW.
  3. 3.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  4. 200 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  5. 0.2 miPass Festooned Pond - Treated.
  6. 400 ftTurn right, heading W.
  7. 0.3 miPass Gimcrakery Pond - Treated.
  8. 400 ftReach Festooned Pond - Treated, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  10. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  11. 150 ftTurn left onto Dakota Rail Regional Trail, heading N.
  12. 3.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
  13. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

99% paved1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:01 AMSunset 7:16 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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