Loop A Loop via Hayden Loop
3.1 mi · ▲ 31 ft · 1 hr 3 min
Loop A Loop via Hayden Loop is a 3.1-mile loop in Elm Creek Park Reserve near Champlin, MN. It is mostly level, with 31 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Loop A Loop via Hayden Loop
3.1 mi · ▲ 31 ft · 1 hr 3 min
Elevation 854–906 ft
Loop · Elm Creek Park Reserve
Trailhead: Elm Creek Mountain Bike Trailhead · 45.18072, -93.41596
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:15 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Loop A, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 1 miSharp right, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Powerline Lumps, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 100 ftReach Loop A, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 250 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Hayden Loop, heading W.
- 1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftThe loop closes 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.4 mi in (~35 min). Leave by 6:20 PM for the 7:15 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:04 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Elm Creek Mountain Bike Trailhead Trailhead
- Target Northern Campus Lake–Grizzland, 3 sights 11.3 mi · ▲ 84 ft
- Oxbow Creek West Pond–Grizzland, 3 sights 9.4 mi · ▲ 84 ft
- Hayden Loop Loop 2.6 mi · ▲ 28 ft
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