Kivimaki Pond & Round Lake Beach via Donahue Drive
14.2 mi · ▲ 164 ft · 4 hr 49 min
Kivimaki Pond & Round Lake Beach via Donahue Drive is a 14.2-mile out-and-back near Shorewood, MN. The route passes Round Lake Beach before reaching Kivimaki Pond at the turnaround, 7.1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 164 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 Donahue Drive
14.2 mi · ▲ 164 ft · 4 hr 49 min
Elevation 891–1,033 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 44.88845, -93.58150
Weather Sep 23: sunrise 7:03 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Donahue Drive, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading E.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 1.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.8 miPass Round Lake Beach.
- 500 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miReach Kivimaki Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
- 400 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 1.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 1.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 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 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 6:50 PM for the 7:12 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:29 PM — 12 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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