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Phalen Park

Keller Creek & Phalen Park Beach via Gateway State Trail

3.7 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 16 min

Keller Creek & Phalen Park Beach via Gateway State Trail is a 3.7-mile out-and-back in Phalen Park near Gloster, MN. The route passes Keller Creek before reaching Phalen Park Beach at the turnaround, 1.8 miles in. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi863 – 919 ft4.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.99917, -93.05207
Nearest town Gloster, MN
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Keller Creek & Phalen Park Beach via Gateway State Trail

3.7 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 16 min

Elevation 863–918 ft

Out & Back · Phalen Park

Trailhead: 44.99917, -93.05207

Weather Sep 24: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:08 PM

Transit-accessible: Maplewood Bowl stop 506 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto Frank Street, heading W.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  5. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  6. 0.2 miPass Keller Creek.
  7. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  8. 100 ftTurn right onto Gateway State Trail, heading SW.
  9. 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
  10. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  11. 1 miPass Phalen Park Beach.
  12. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  13. 50 ftReach Keller Creek, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  15. 1.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  16. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  17. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  18. 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
  19. 0.2 miTurn right onto Frank Street, heading NE.
  20. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  21. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/keller-creek-keller-creek-out-back-3-lakes-6-km

Trail surface

99% paved1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:02 AMSunset 7:08 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~9 min). Leave by 6:39 PM for the 7:08 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:31 PM — 6 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Maplewood Bowl stop 506 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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