Rahn Park
Heine Pond & Highline Trail
7.8 mi · ▲ 112 ft · 2 hr 39 min
Heine Pond & Highline Trail is a 7.8-mile out-and-back in Rahn Park near Cedar Grove, MN. The route reaches Heine Pond at the turnaround, 3.9 miles in. It is mostly level, with 112 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Heine Pond & Highline Trail
7.8 mi · ▲ 112 ft · 2 hr 39 min
Elevation 880–975 ft
Out & Back · Rahn Park
Trailhead: 44.79068, -93.23996
Weather Sep 25: sunrise 7:04 AM · sunset 7:07 PM
Transit-accessible: HorizOn Rd stop 85 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Highline Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
- 500 ftBear left, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miReach Heine Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:46 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:07 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:36 PM.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: HorizOn Rd stop 85 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Highline Trail 15.7 mi · ▲ 468 ft
- Holland Lake–Thomas Lake, 6 lakes 14.4 mi · ▲ 387 ft
- Long Lake–Galaxie Park Lake, 3 lakes 15.7 mi · ▲ 411 ft
- Wheaton Pond–Frog Swamp, 3 lakes 11 mi · ▲ 307 ft
- Highline Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 85 ft
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