Mallery Trail & Sand Creek Trail
7.4 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 2 hr 29 min
Mallery Trail & Sand Creek Trail is a 7.4-mile out-and-back in Sand Creek Park near Oak Park, MN. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Mallery Trail & Sand Creek Trail
7.4 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 2 hr 29 min
Elevation 851–909 ft
Out & Back · Sand Creek Park
Trailhead: 45.15700, -93.27517
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:16 PM
Transit-accessible: Egret Boulevard & Foley Boulevard stop 769 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Sand Creek Trail, heading N.
- 1.8 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 100 ftReach Sand Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Mallery Trail, heading NW.
- 1.8 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 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 0.3 mi in (~7 min). Leave by 6:49 PM for the 7:16 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:38 PM — 8 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Egret Boulevard & Foley Boulevard stop 769 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Orange Loop 14.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Central Anoka County Regional Trail 10.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Central Anoka County Regional Trail 10.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Orange Loop 7.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Orange Loop 6.9 mi · ▲ 32 ft
- Orange Loop 6.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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