Lake Phalen–Thunder Bay - Westwinds Park Sunset Point, 3 sights
10.4 mi · ▲ 216 ft · 3 hr 34 min
Lake Phalen–Thunder Bay - Westwinds Park Sunset Point, 3 sights is a 10.4-mile out-and-back in Phalen Park near Gladstone, MN. The route passes Lake Phalen before reaching Thunder Bay - Westwinds Park Sunset Point at the turnaround, 5.2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 216 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Lake Phalen–Thunder Bay - Westwinds Park Sunset Point, 3 sights
10.4 mi · ▲ 216 ft · 3 hr 34 min
Elevation 858–966 ft
Out & Back · Phalen Park
Trailhead: 44.97742, -93.03845
Weather Sep 24: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:08 PM
Transit-accessible: Barclay Av stop 20 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Bruce Vento Regional Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miPass Lake Phalen.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Lake Phalen Bike Path, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Bruce Vento Regional Trail, heading N.
- 200 ftBear left, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 3.7 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Thunder Bay - Westwinds Park Trail, heading NW.
- 400 ftPass Thunder Bay - Westwinds Park Sunset Point.
- 450 ftReach Lake Phalen, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.7 miSharp right onto Bruce Vento Regional Trail, heading E.
- 3.7 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto East Shore Drive, heading S.
- 200 ftBear right onto Bruce Vento Regional Trail, heading S.
- 200 ftBear left onto Lake Phalen Bike Path, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bruce Vento Regional Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.4 mi in (~85 min). Leave by 5:23 PM for the 7:08 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:48 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Barclay Av stop 20 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Bruce Vento Regional Trail 6 mi · ▲ 195 ft
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