Prairie Oaks Trail Loop
2.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 48 min
Prairie Oaks Trail Loop is a 2.4-mile loop in Bunker Hills Regional Park near Northdale, MN. 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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Prairie Oaks Trail Loop
2.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 48 min
Elevation 880–923 ft
Loop · Bunker Hills Regional Park
Trailhead: 45.20080, -93.30624
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:17 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Prairie Oaks Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Wilderness Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miThe loop closes 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:56 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:17 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:46 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Prairie Oaks Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Prairie Oaks Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- McKay Lake via Prairie Oaks Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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