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Oak Grove Park

Oxbow Creek West Pond via Rush Creek Regional Trail

3.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 14 min

Oxbow Creek West Pond via Rush Creek Regional Trail is a 3.7-mile out-and-back in Oak Grove Park near West Coon Rapids, MN. The route reaches Oxbow Creek West Pond at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi866 – 879 ft4.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 45.15170, -93.37485
Nearest town West Coon Rapids, MN
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Oxbow Creek West Pond via Rush Creek Regional Trail

3.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 14 min

Elevation 866–878 ft

Out & Back · Oak Grove Park

Trailhead: 45.15170, -93.37485

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:15 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  3. 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  4. 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
  5. 350 ftBear right, heading E.
  6. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  7. 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  8. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  9. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  10. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Rush Creek Regional Trail, heading S.
  11. 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
  12. 0.2 miReach Oxbow Creek West Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.8 miBear right, heading NE.
  14. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  15. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  16. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  17. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  18. 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
  19. 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
  20. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  21. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/oxbow-creek-west-pond-oxbow-creek-west-pond-out-back-6-km-7899

Trail surface

62% paved28% dirt3% other7% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:15 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 6:49 PM for the 7:15 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:35 PM — 9 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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