Lochness Park Sunset Point & Lochness Lake via East Anoka County Regional Trail
2.9 mi · ▲ 61 ft · 1 hr
Lochness Park Sunset Point & Lochness Lake via East Anoka County Regional Trail is a 2.9-mile out-and-back in Lochness Park near Circle Pines, MN. The route passes Lochness Park Sunset Point and Lochness Lake. It is mostly level, with 61 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Lochness Park Sunset Point & Lochness Lake via East Anoka County Regional Trail
2.9 mi · ▲ 61 ft · 1 hr
Elevation 899–957 ft
Out & Back · Lochness Park
Trailhead: 45.17803, -93.15790
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:16 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Lochness Park Sunset Point.
- 0.1 miPass Lochness Lake.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 450 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto East Anoka County Regional Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miReach Lochness Park Sunset Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:55 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:16 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:45 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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