Lebanon Hills Regional Park
Frog Swamp & Highline Trail
8 mi · ▲ 217 ft · 2 hr 47 min
Frog Swamp & Highline Trail is an 8-mile out-and-back in Lebanon Hills Regional Park near Eagan, MN. The route reaches Frog Swamp. It is mostly level, with 217 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Frog Swamp & Highline Trail
8 mi · ▲ 217 ft · 2 hr 47 min
Elevation 880–1,013 ft
Out & Back · Lebanon Hills Regional Park
Trailhead: 44.76476, -93.18595
Weather Sep 25: sunrise 7:04 AM · sunset 7:06 PM
Transit-accessible: 126 St W stop 151 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.6 miPass Frog Swamp.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto North Creek Greenway, heading NW.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Highline Trail, heading W.
- 300 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 1.1 miReach Frog Swamp, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto North Creek Greenway, heading S.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.5 mi in (~38 min). Leave by 6:08 PM for the 7:06 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:02 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: 126 St W stop 151 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Wheaton Pond & Frog Pond 4.5 mi · ▲ 261 ft
- North Creek Greenway 2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Treetop Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 109 ft
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