Keller Creek & Phalen Park Beach via Gateway State Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Keller Creek & Phalen Park Beach via Gateway State Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Phalen Park near Gloster, MN. The route passes Keller Creek before reaching Phalen Park Beach at the turnaround, 2.2 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.
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Keller Creek & Phalen Park Beach via Gateway State Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Elevation 860–919 ft
Out & Back · Phalen Park
Trailhead: Gateway State Trail · 45.00139, -93.04211
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:15 PM
Transit-accessible: #1964 - Moose Lodge stop 314 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Gateway State Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 450 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miPass Keller Creek.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 1 miPass Phalen Park Beach.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftReach Keller Creek, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
- 450 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.5 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~18 min). Leave by 6:37 PM for the 7:15 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:49 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: #1964 - Moose Lodge stop 314 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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