AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Elm Creek Park Reserve

Monarch Trail

5.9 mi · ▲ 284 ft · 2 hr 7 min

Monarch Trail is a 5.9-mile out-and-back in Elm Creek Park Reserve near Champlin, MN. It climbs 284 ft. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi856 – 929 ft6.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 45.18965, -93.44232
Nearest town Champlin, MN
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Monarch Trail

5.9 mi · ▲ 284 ft · 2 hr 7 min

Elevation 856–929 ft

Out & Back · Elm Creek Park Reserve

Trailhead: 45.18965, -93.44232

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:17 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
  3. 0.5 miBear right, heading W.
  4. 300 ftBear left, heading SW.
  5. 1.4 miBear right, heading SE.
  6. 0.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
  7. 450 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  8. 200 ftTurn left, heading E.
  9. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  10. 500 ftBear right, heading S.
  11. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  12. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  13. 450 ftTurn left, heading W.
  14. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  15. 200 ftSharp left, heading W.
  16. 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
  17. 0.5 miBear left, heading NE.
  18. 1.4 miBear right, heading N.
  19. 300 ftBear left, heading N.
  20. 0.5 miBear left, heading N.
  21. 350 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/monarch-trail-out-back-9-km-52a0

Trail surface

46% grass45% paved8% dirt1% boardwalk

Weather

Sunrise 6:59 AMSunset 7:17 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:57 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:17 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:46 PM.

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