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Phalen Park

Lake Phalen & Bruce Vento Regional Trail

9.2 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 3 hr 6 min

Lake Phalen & Bruce Vento Regional Trail is a 9.2-mile out-and-back in Phalen Park near Gladstone, MN. The route reaches Lake Phalen. 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.

Elevation

0 mi856 – 912 ft9.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.97424, -93.03958
Nearest town Gladstone, MN
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Lake Phalen & Bruce Vento Regional Trail

9.2 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 3 hr 6 min

Elevation 856–912 ft

Out & Back · Phalen Park

Trailhead: 44.97424, -93.03958

Weather Sep 24: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:08 PM

Transit-accessible: Prosperity (Phalen) stop 378 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  4. 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
  5. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  6. 0.1 miTurn right onto Bruce Vento Regional Trail, heading SW.
  7. 0.2 miPass Lake Phalen.
  8. 200 ftContinue straight onto Lake Phalen Bike Path, heading N.
  9. 50 ftBear right onto Bruce Vento Regional Trail, heading N.
  10. 200 ftBear left, heading N.
  11. 200 ftTurn right, heading N.
  12. 4 miReach Lake Phalen, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 4 miTurn right, heading S.
  14. 50 ftTurn left onto East Shore Drive, heading S.
  15. 200 ftBear right onto Bruce Vento Regional Trail, heading SW.
  16. 250 ftBear left onto Lake Phalen Bike Path, heading SW.
  17. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bruce Vento Regional Trail, heading SW.
  18. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  19. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  20. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  21. 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  22. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  23. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/lake-phalen-bruce-vento-regional-trail-out-back-b4a6

Trail surface

99% paved1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:02 AMSunset 7:08 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.5 mi in (~85 min). Leave by 5:22 PM for the 7:08 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:47 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Prosperity (Phalen) stop 378 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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