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Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

Kivimaki Pond–Lake Ann Beach, 5 beaches

14.5 mi · ▲ 300 ft · 4 hr 59 min

Kivimaki Pond–Lake Ann Beach, 5 beaches is a 14.5-mile out-and-back in Minnesota Landscape Arboretum near Hazeltine, MN. The route passes Lake Ann Beach and Round Lake Beach before reaching Kivimaki Pond at the turnaround, 7.2 miles in. It climbs 300 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Ridge Trail 44.86114, -93.61408
Nearest town Hazeltine, MN
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Kivimaki Pond–Lake Ann Beach, 5 beaches

14.5 mi · ▲ 300 ft · 4 hr 59 min

Out & Back · Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

Trailhead: Ridge Trail · 44.86114, -93.61408

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:14 PM

Transit-accessible: Rose Garden (Shuttle) stop 286 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Ridge Trail, heading E.
  2. 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  3. 450 ftTurn left onto Oak Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.3 miBear left onto Ridge Trail, heading E.
  5. 50 ftBear right onto Maintenance Trail, heading E.
  6. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Spring Peeper Trail, heading E.
  7. 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
  8. 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  11. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  12. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  13. 100 ftBear right, heading E.
  14. 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  15. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  16. 500 ftContinue straight onto Bluff Creek Local Trail, heading E.
  17. 350 ftBear left, heading NE.
  18. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  19. 0.2 miPass Lake Ann Beach.
  20. 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
  21. 0.8 miTurn left, heading E.
  22. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  23. 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
  24. 0.4 miSharp right, heading E.
  25. 400 ftTurn left, heading E.
  26. 0.6 miBear left, heading E.
  27. 0.8 miTurn right, heading N.
  28. 0.8 miPass Round Lake Beach.
  29. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  30. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  31. 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  32. 0.1 miReach Kivimaki Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  33. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  34. 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
  35. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  36. 0.9 miTurn left, heading NW.
  37. 0.8 miBear right, heading W.
  38. 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
  39. 450 ftSharp left, heading S.
  40. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  41. 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
  42. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  43. 0.8 miTurn left, heading W.
  44. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  45. 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
  46. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  47. 0.5 miBear left, heading S.
  48. 150 ftBear right, heading S.
  49. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  50. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  51. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  52. 50 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  53. 50 ftBear left onto Spring Peeper Trail, heading SW.
  54. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Maintenance Trail, heading NW.
  55. 0.2 miBear left onto Ridge Trail, heading W.
  56. 50 ftBear right onto Oak Trail, heading W.
  57. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  58. 500 ftTurn right, heading W.
  59. 450 ftTurn left onto Ridge Trail, heading S.
  60. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/kivimaki-pond-kivimaki-pond-out-back-6-beaches

Trail surface

81% paved6% dirt5% gravel3% grass2% boardwalk3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:02 AMSunset 7:14 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Rose Garden (Shuttle) stop 286 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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