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.

Elevation

0 mi879 – 1,014 ft8.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.76476, -93.18595
Nearest town Eagan, MN

Directions

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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  3. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  4. 0.6 miPass Frog Swamp.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto North Creek Greenway, heading NW.
  6. 1.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  7. 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
  8. 0.5 miSharp left, heading N.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right onto Highline Trail, heading W.
  10. 300 ftBear left, heading W.
  11. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  12. 1.1 miReach Frog Swamp, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
  14. 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
  15. 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  16. 300 ftTurn left, heading E.
  17. 0.2 miSharp right, heading E.
  18. 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
  19. 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  20. 0.5 miContinue straight onto North Creek Greenway, heading S.
  21. 1.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  22. 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
  23. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

92% paved8% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:04 AMSunset 7:06 PM

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.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: 126 St W stop 151 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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