Palmer Lake via Shingle Creek Regional Trail
4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 20 min
Palmer Lake via Shingle Creek Regional Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back in Palmer Lake Park near Brooklyn Center, MN. The route reaches Palmer Lake. 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.
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Palmer Lake via Shingle Creek Regional Trail
4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 20 min
Elevation 842–868 ft
Out & Back · Palmer Lake Park
Trailhead: 45.07479, -93.33215
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:17 PM
Transit-accessible: 65 Av N stop 221 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Shingle Creek Regional Trail, heading E.
- 350 ftPass Palmer Lake.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miReach Palmer Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~7 min). Leave by 6:49 PM for the 7:17 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:39 PM — 7 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: 65 Av N stop 221 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Shingle Creek Regional Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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