Rice Creek North Regional Trail Corridor
Rice Creek Parkway
4.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 30 min
Rice Creek Parkway is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Rice Creek North Regional Trail Corridor near Lexington, MN. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Rice Creek Parkway
4.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 30 min
Elevation 881–913 ft
Out & Back · Rice Creek North Regional Trail Corridor
Trailhead: 45.13182, -93.15116
Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Transit-accessible: Park View Drive & Prairie Ridge Drive stop 73 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 450 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Rice Creek Parkway, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading W.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miArrive 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 0.6 mi in (~15 min). Leave by 6:37 PM for the 7:12 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:42 PM — 0 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Park View Drive & Prairie Ridge Drive stop 73 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Rice Creek Trail, Twin City Army Ammunition Plant 14.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Round Lake–Rush Lake, 4 lakes 14.1 mi · ▲ 161 ft
- George Watch Lake–Rice Lake, 5 lakes 15.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Rice Creek North Regional Trail 9 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Rice Creek North Regional Trail 9.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Unity Wellness Path via Rice Creek Trail, Twin City Army Ammunition Plant 14.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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