Jeffers Pond & Sand Point Beach via Carriage Hills Park Path
4.8 mi · ▲ 136 ft · 1 hr 40 min
Jeffers Pond & Sand Point Beach via Carriage Hills Park Path is a 4.8-mile out-and-back near Glendale, MN. The route passes Jeffers Pond and Sand Point Beach. It is mostly level, with 136 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Jeffers Pond & Sand Point Beach via Carriage Hills Park Path
4.8 mi · ▲ 136 ft · 1 hr 40 min
Elevation 897–1,038 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 44.74867, -93.40287
Weather Sep 23: sunrise 7:03 AM · sunset 7:11 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 1 miPass Jeffers Pond.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Carriage Hills Park Path, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 1.1 miPass Sand Point Beach.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.4 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~12 min). Leave by 6:39 PM for the 7:11 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:39 PM — 2 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Jeffers Wildlife Pond 4.5 mi · ▲ 219 ft
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