Kivimaki Pond & Round Lake Beach via Purgatory Park Trail
7.3 mi · ▲ 107 ft · 2 hr 29 min
Kivimaki Pond & Round Lake Beach via Purgatory Park Trail is a 7.3-mile out-and-back in Edenbrook Conservation Area near Carver Beach, MN. The route passes Round Lake Beach before reaching Kivimaki Pond at the turnaround, 3.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 107 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Kivimaki Pond & Round Lake Beach via Purgatory Park Trail
7.3 mi · ▲ 107 ft · 2 hr 29 min
Out & Back · Edenbrook Conservation Area
Trailhead: 44.88233, -93.52152
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:01 AM · sunset 7:15 PM
Transit-accessible: Joseph Curve stop 577 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 1.2 miTurn right onto Purgatory Park Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.8 miPass Round Lake Beach.
- 0.1 miPass Kivimaki Pond.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miReach Kivimaki Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 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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Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Joseph Curve stop 577 m from the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Minnesota River Bluffs LRT Regional Trail 10.1 mi · ▲ 220 ft
- Minnesota River Bluffs LRT Regional Trail 10.3 mi · ▲ 247 ft
- Minnesota River Bluffs LRT Regional Trail 9.1 mi · ▲ 220 ft
- Purgatory Park Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 136 ft
- Purgatory Park Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 144 ft
- Purgatory Park Trail 4 mi · ▲ 144 ft
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