Tahpah to Scenic Heights Drainage Way Trail
14.9 mi · ▲ 194 ft · 5 hr 4 min
Tahpah to Scenic Heights Drainage Way Trail is a 14.9-mile out-and-back near Grainwood, MN. It is mostly level, with 194 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Tahpah to Scenic Heights Drainage Way Trail
14.9 mi · ▲ 194 ft · 5 hr 4 min
Elevation 779–939 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 44.74586, -93.42935
Weather Sep 23: sunrise 7:03 AM · sunset 7:11 PM
Transit-accessible: Shakopee Pool stop 145 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 1.9 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Tahpah to Scenic Heights Drainage Way Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading E.
- 1 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 1.9 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive 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 5.5 mi in (~134 min). Leave by 4:37 PM for the 7:11 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:44 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Shakopee Pool stop 145 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Big Woods Regional Trail 14.2 mi · ▲ 194 ft
- Spring Lake–Upper Prior Lake, 4 lakes 15.7 mi · ▲ 357 ft
- Hass Lake & Jeffers Wildlife Pond 3.1 mi · ▲ 84 ft
- Sand Point Beach Loop 2.8 mi · ▲ 163 ft
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