Hidden Ponds & Riley Lake Park Beach
8 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 2 hr 41 min
Hidden Ponds & Riley Lake Park Beach is an 8-mile out-and-back near Chanhassen, MN. The route passes Riley Lake Park Beach before reaching Hidden Ponds at the turnaround, 3.9 miles in. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 44.83228, -93.51061
Nearest town Chanhassen, MN
Directions
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Hidden Ponds & Riley Lake Park Beach
8 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 2 hr 41 min
Out & Back
Trailhead: 44.83228, -93.51061
Weather Sep 22: Overcast, high 65°F / low 47° · precip 1% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:13 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Riley Lake Park Beach.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 1.9 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miReach Hidden Ponds, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 1.9 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
85% paved15% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 65°F47°
Precip1%Wind6 mphUV5Humidity70%
Rained 0.8″ 4 days ago
Hourly temperature
65°45°
Sunrise 7:02 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:13 PM
Wed
67°46°
Thu
63°51°
58%
Fri
70°57°
Sat
65°60°
70%
Sun
68°60°
18%
Mon
75°57°
29%
More from this trailhead
- Oak Viewpoint–Lake Ann Beach, 5 beaches 16.1 mi · ▲ 300 ft
- Lake Minnewashta–Lake Riley, 8 beaches 15.4 mi · ▲ 362 ft
- Lake Riley–Mitchell Lake, 6 lakes 6 mi · ▲ 26 ft
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