Riverfront Regional Park

Islands of Peace & Mississippi River Regional Trail

3.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 16 min

Islands of Peace & Mississippi River Regional Trail is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Riverfront Regional Park near Columbia Heights, 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.

Elevation

0 mi810 – 843 ft4.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 45.05518, -93.27360
Nearest town Columbia Heights, MN

Directions

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Islands of Peace & Mississippi River Regional Trail

3.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 16 min

Elevation 810–843 ft

Out & Back · Riverfront Regional Park

Trailhead: 45.05518, -93.27360

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:14 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 400 ftTurn right, heading W.
  3. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
  4. 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
  5. 350 ftSharp left, heading N.
  6. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  7. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  8. 350 ftTurn right onto Mississippi River Regional Trail, heading W.
  9. 0.7 miSharp right, heading N.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  11. 400 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  12. 300 ftBear right, heading NE.
  13. 150 ftBear left onto Islands of Peace, heading NE.
  14. 0.2 miReach Mississippi River Regional Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  16. 150 ftBear left, heading W.
  17. 300 ftSharp right, heading N.
  18. 400 ftTurn right onto Mississippi River Regional Trail, heading NW.
  19. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  20. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  21. 0.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
  22. 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  23. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  24. 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
  25. 350 ftBear left, heading SW.
  26. 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
  27. 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
  28. 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

94% paved6% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:14 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~10 min). Leave by 6:45 PM for the 7:14 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:39 PM — 5 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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