Hayden Loop
9.3 mi · ▲ 110 ft · 3 hr 9 min
Hayden Loop is a 9.3-mile out-and-back in Elm Creek Park Reserve near Champlin, MN. It is mostly level, with 110 ft of elevation gain. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Hayden Loop
9.3 mi · ▲ 110 ft · 3 hr 9 min
Elevation 852–930 ft
Out & Back · Elm Creek Park Reserve
Trailhead: 45.20052, -93.43529
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:17 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Hayden Loop, heading NW.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 1.8 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miReach Hayden Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 1.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 350 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~26 min). Leave by 6:31 PM for the 7:17 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:57 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Monarch Trail 10.6 mi · ▲ 300 ft
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