Foxborough Conservation Area
Katie Pond
16 mi · ▲ 411 ft · 5 hr 32 min
Katie Pond is a 16-mile out-and-back in Foxborough Conservation Area near Apple Valley, MN. The route reaches Katie Pond. It climbs 411 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Katie Pond
16 mi · ▲ 411 ft · 5 hr 32 min
Elevation 976–1,097 ft
Out & Back · Foxborough Conservation Area
Trailhead: 44.71670, -93.23912
Weather Sep 24: sunrise 7:03 AM · sunset 7:09 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.9 miPass Katie Pond.
- 1.4 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 2.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 1.4 miReach Katie Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 2.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
- 2.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 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 5.6 mi in (~144 min). Leave by 4:25 PM for the 7:09 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:46 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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