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Vadnais - Snail Lakes Regional Park

Lily Pond

5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Lily Pond is a 5-mile out-and-back in Vadnais - Snail Lakes Regional Park near Shoreview, MN. The route reaches Lily Pond. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi892 – 929 ft6.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 45.08058, -93.12287
Nearest town Shoreview, MN
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Lily Pond

5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Elevation 893–928 ft

Out & Back · Vadnais - Snail Lakes Regional Park

Trailhead: 45.08058, -93.12287

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:14 PM

Transit-accessible: Village Center Rd stop 375 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 500 ftTurn left, heading E.
  3. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  5. 1.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  7. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  8. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
  9. 0.6 miPass Lily Pond.
  10. 300 ftTurn left, heading E.
  11. 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
  12. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  13. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  14. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  15. 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
  16. 50 ftReach Lily Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  18. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  19. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  20. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  21. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  22. 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  23. 0.7 miTurn right, heading W.
  24. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  25. 150 ftBear right, heading W.
  26. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  27. 1.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  28. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  29. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  30. 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/lily-pond-lily-pond-out-back-8-km-ef21

Trail surface

95% paved5% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:59 AMSunset 7:14 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.5 mi in (~61 min). Leave by 5:53 PM for the 7:14 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:30 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Village Center Rd stop 375 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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