North Creek Greenway
13 mi · ▲ 220 ft · 4 hr 27 min
North Creek Greenway is a 13-mile out-and-back near Rich Valley, MN. It is mostly level, with 220 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi922 – 1,004 ft14.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 44.74469, -93.08258
Nearest town Rich Valley, MN
Directions
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North Creek Greenway
13 mi · ▲ 220 ft · 4 hr 27 min
Elevation 923–1,003 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 44.74469, -93.08258
Weather Sep 24: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:08 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 3.7 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto North Creek Greenway, heading W.
- 0.7 miReach North Creek Greenway, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 3.8 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 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
98% paved2% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:02 AMSunset 7:08 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.6 mi in (~90 min). Leave by 5:18 PM for the 7:08 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:52 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Galaxie Park Lake 13.8 mi · ▲ 194 ft
- Geronime Pond 12.6 mi · ▲ 112 ft
- Wachter Lake & Geronime Pond 12.2 mi · ▲ 112 ft
- Innisfree Lake 9.5 mi · ▲ 138 ft
- Erickson Pond 7.1 mi · ▲ 85 ft
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