Rahn Park
Galaxie Park Lake & Highline Trail
16 mi · ▲ 221 ft · 5 hr 27 min
Galaxie Park Lake & Highline Trail is a 16-mile out-and-back in Rahn Park near Apple Valley, MN. The route reaches Galaxie Park Lake. It is mostly level, with 221 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Galaxie Park Lake & Highline Trail
16 mi · ▲ 221 ft · 5 hr 27 min
Elevation 880–1,042 ft
Out & Back · Rahn Park
Trailhead: 44.72287, -93.20230
Weather Sep 24: sunrise 7:03 AM · sunset 7:08 PM
Transit-accessible: Foliage Av stop 7 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 1.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
- 250 ftPass Galaxie Park Lake.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 2.8 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Highline Trail, heading N.
- 300 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 1.1 miReach Galaxie Park Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 2.8 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading S.
- 500 ftBear left, heading S.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 200 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 6.1 mi in (~152 min). Leave by 4:16 PM for the 7:08 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:55 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Foliage Av stop 7 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Horseshoe Lake 15.8 mi · ▲ 163 ft
- Erickson Pond & Koch Memorial Trail 12.7 mi · ▲ 189 ft
- Geronime Pond 13.7 mi · ▲ 106 ft
- Wheaton Pond & Galaxie Park Lake 12.8 mi · ▲ 135 ft
- North Creek Greenway 6.9 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Innisfree Lake 11.9 mi · ▲ 218 ft
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