Oak Viewpoint–Lake Ann Beach, 4 sights
13.5 mi · ▲ 275 ft · 4 hr 38 min
Oak Viewpoint–Lake Ann Beach, 4 sights is a 13.5-mile out-and-back in Minnesota Landscape Arboretum near Carver Beach, MN. The route passes Lake Ann Beach before reaching Oak Viewpoint at the turnaround, 6.8 miles in. It climbs 275 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Oak Viewpoint–Lake Ann Beach, 4 sights
13.5 mi · ▲ 275 ft · 4 hr 38 min
Out & Back · Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
Trailhead: 44.88541, -93.52848
Weather Sep 22: Partly cloudy, high 65°F / low 48° · precip 1% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:13 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 1.8 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.6 miPass Lake Ann Beach.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bluff Creek Local Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Spring Peeper Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Maintenance Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Oak Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftReach Oak Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Maintenance Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Spring Peeper Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Bluff Creek Local Trail, heading E.
- 300 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 1.8 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miArrive 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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Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Mitchell Lake–Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge Viewpoint, 3 beaches 14.5 mi · ▲ 215 ft
- Round Lake–Lake Idlewild, 4 lakes 15.1 mi · ▲ 405 ft
- Staring Lake–Mitchell Lake, 3 lakes 15.1 mi · ▲ 242 ft
- Trex Deck–Lake Ann Beach, 4 sights 14 mi · ▲ 275 ft
- Lone Lake–Shady Oak Beach, 3 beaches 15.8 mi · ▲ 579 ft
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