Rahn Park
Highline Trail
15.7 mi · ▲ 468 ft · 5 hr 28 min
Highline Trail is a 15.7-mile out-and-back in Rahn Park near Cedar Grove, MN. It climbs 468 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Directions
Highline Trail
15.7 mi · ▲ 468 ft · 5 hr 28 min
Elevation 778–975 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.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 1.4 miContinue straight onto Big Rivers Regional Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miReach Highline Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.9 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 450 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Highline Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.7 miArrive 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 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
- 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
- Heine Pond & Highline Trail 7.8 mi · ▲ 112 ft
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