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Battle Creek Regional Park

Freight Train & Johnson Parkway Regional Trail

7.3 mi · ▲ 418 ft · 2 hr 39 min

Freight Train & Johnson Parkway Regional Trail is a 7.3-mile out-and-back in Battle Creek Regional Park near Gladstone, MN. It climbs 418 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi705 – 886 ft8.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Johnson Parkway Regional Trail 44.96663, -93.04487
Nearest town Gladstone, MN
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Freight Train & Johnson Parkway Regional Trail

7.3 mi · ▲ 418 ft · 2 hr 39 min

Elevation 706–885 ft

Out & Back · Battle Creek Regional Park

Trailhead: Johnson Parkway Regional Trail · 44.96663, -93.04487

Weather Sep 25: sunrise 7:04 AM · sunset 7:06 PM

Transit-accessible: Johnson Pkwy stop 18 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Johnson Parkway Regional Trail, heading S.
  2. 1.3 miTurn left onto Indian Mounds Trail, heading E.
  3. 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  4. 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  6. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  7. 250 ftTurn right onto Sam Morgan Regional Trail, heading S.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  9. 150 ftSharp left, heading S.
  10. 0.5 miBear left, heading SE.
  11. 0.8 miTurn left, heading E.
  12. 200 ftBear right, heading E.
  13. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  14. 50 ftTurn right onto Connector, heading E.
  15. 200 ftSharp left onto The Hump, heading NE.
  16. 0.2 miTurn right onto Freight Train, heading S.
  17. 0.4 miReach Johnson Parkway Regional Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 0.4 miTurn left onto The Hump, heading N.
  19. 0.2 miSharp right onto Connector, heading NW.
  20. 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  21. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  22. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  23. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  24. 0.8 miBear right, heading NW.
  25. 0.5 miSharp right, heading W.
  26. 150 ftTurn right onto Sam Morgan Regional Trail, heading SW.
  27. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  28. 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  29. 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
  30. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  31. 350 ftTurn left onto Indian Mounds Trail, heading E.
  32. 450 ftTurn right onto Johnson Parkway Regional Trail, heading NW.
  33. 0.8 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/freight-train-out-back-10-km-7507

Trail surface

62% paved38% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 7:04 AMSunset 7:06 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 6:44 PM for the 7:06 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:22 PM — 13 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Johnson Pkwy stop 18 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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