Bluff Creek–Oak Trail, 3 sights
6.8 mi · ▲ 193 ft · 2 hr 22 min
Bluff Creek–Oak Trail, 3 sights is a 6.8-mile out-and-back in Minnesota Landscape Arboretum near Hazeltine, MN. The route reaches Bluff Creek at the turnaround, 3.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 193 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Bluff Creek–Oak Trail, 3 sights
6.8 mi · ▲ 193 ft · 2 hr 22 min
Out & Back · Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
Trailhead: Ridge Trail · 44.86114, -93.61408
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:18 PM
Transit-accessible: Rose Garden (Shuttle) stop 286 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Oak Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Maintenance Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Spring Peeper Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Washing Machine, heading S.
- 300 ftBear right, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
- 1.6 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
- 300 ftReach Bluff Creek, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftBear left onto Bluff Creek Local Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
- 1.6 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Washing Machine, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear left onto Spring Peeper Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Maintenance Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Oak Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive 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
- Transit-accessible: Rose Garden (Shuttle) stop 286 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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