Friendly Marsh Park

Mendota-Lebanon Hills Greenway

15.9 mi · ▲ 304 ft · 5 hr 27 min

Mendota-Lebanon Hills Greenway is a 15.9-mile out-and-back in Friendly Marsh Park near Sunfish Lake, MN. It climbs 304 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi833 – 932 ft17.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.85308, -93.11091
Nearest town Sunfish Lake, MN

Directions

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Mendota-Lebanon Hills Greenway

15.9 mi · ▲ 304 ft · 5 hr 27 min

Elevation 832–932 ft

Out & Back · Friendly Marsh Park

Trailhead: 44.85308, -93.11091

Weather Sep 24: sunrise 7:03 AM · sunset 7:08 PM

Transit-accessible: Ecolab-Shuman stop 209 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  4. 1 miBear right, heading W.
  5. 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  6. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  8. 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
  9. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  10. 1 miTurn right, heading W.
  11. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Big Rivers Regional Trail, heading N.
  12. 1.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  13. 2.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  14. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  15. 300 ftContinue straight onto River to River Greenway, heading N.
  16. 200 ftContinue straight onto Mendota-Lebanon Hills Greenway, heading N.
  17. 300 ftContinue straight onto River to River Greenway, heading N.
  18. 150 ftTurn right onto Mendota-Lebanon Hills Greenway, heading NW.
  19. 0.5 miReach Mendota-Lebanon Hills Greenway, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  20. 0.5 miTurn left onto River to River Greenway, heading S.
  21. 200 ftContinue straight onto Mendota-Lebanon Hills Greenway, heading S.
  22. 250 ftContinue straight onto River to River Greenway, heading S.
  23. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  24. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  25. 2.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  26. 1 miContinue straight onto Big Rivers Regional Trail, heading NW.
  27. 1.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  28. 1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  29. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  30. 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  31. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  32. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  33. 100 ftBear left, heading E.
  34. 1 miTurn left, heading E.
  35. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  36. 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 surface

94% paved6% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:03 AMSunset 7:08 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 5.8 mi in (~147 min). Leave by 4:21 PM for the 7:08 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:50 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Ecolab-Shuman stop 209 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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