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Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

Oak Trail & Spring Peeper Trail

7.3 mi · ▲ 227 ft · 2 hr 33 min

Oak Trail & Spring Peeper Trail is a 7.3-mile out-and-back in Minnesota Landscape Arboretum near Victoria, MN. It is mostly level, with 227 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi945 – 1,040 ft8.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.84944, -93.64824
Nearest town Victoria, MN
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Oak Trail & Spring Peeper Trail

7.3 mi · ▲ 227 ft · 2 hr 33 min

Elevation 945–1,039 ft

Out & Back · Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

Trailhead: 44.84944, -93.64824

Weather Sep 23: sunrise 7:04 AM · sunset 7:12 PM

Transit-accessible: Kochia Lane stop 222 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  3. 0.7 miTurn left, heading E.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  5. 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
  6. 1.7 miTurn left, heading E.
  7. 450 ftBear left onto Washing Machine, heading N.
  8. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  9. 100 ftBear left onto Spring Peeper Trail, heading N.
  10. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Maintenance Trail, heading W.
  11. 0.1 miBear left onto Ridge Trail, heading N.
  12. 50 ftBear right onto Oak Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  14. 0.1 miReach Spring Peeper Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.3 miBear left onto Ridge Trail, heading E.
  16. 50 ftBear right onto Maintenance Trail, heading SE.
  17. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Spring Peeper Trail, heading NE.
  18. 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
  19. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  20. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Washing Machine, heading E.
  21. 300 ftBear right, heading E.
  22. 500 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  23. 1.7 miBear right, heading W.
  24. 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
  25. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  26. 0.7 miTurn left, heading W.
  27. 0.1 miArrive 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/oak-trail-spring-peeper-trail-out-back-12-km

Trail surface

71% paved12% dirt8% gravel7% grass2% boardwalk

Weather

Sunrise 7:04 AMSunset 7:12 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:52 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:12 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:41 PM.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Kochia Lane stop 222 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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