Bluff Creek & Lake Ann Beach via Bluff Creek Local Trail
3.6 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 1 hr 14 min
Bluff Creek & Lake Ann Beach via Bluff Creek Local Trail is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Lake Ann Park near Carver Beach, MN. The route passes Lake Ann Beach before reaching Bluff Creek at the turnaround, 1.7 miles in. It is mostly level, with 80 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Bluff Creek & Lake Ann Beach via Bluff Creek Local Trail
3.6 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 1 hr 14 min
Out & Back · Lake Ann Park
Trailhead: 44.86348, -93.55627
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:01 AM · sunset 7:16 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Transit-accessible: Audubon Rd stop 624 m from the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Lake Ann Beach.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 1.1 miSharp right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Bluff Creek Local Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miReach Bluff Creek, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 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
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Transit-accessible: Audubon Rd stop 624 m from the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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