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Bunker Hills Regional Park

Prairie Oaks Trail

7.8 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 2 hr 38 min

Prairie Oaks Trail is a 7.8-mile out-and-back in Bunker Hills Regional Park near Constance, MN. It is mostly level, with 53 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi869 – 912 ft8.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 45.24981, -93.30576
Nearest town Constance, MN
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Prairie Oaks Trail

7.8 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 2 hr 38 min

Elevation 870–911 ft

Out & Back · Bunker Hills Regional Park

Trailhead: 45.24981, -93.30576

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:17 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  3. 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
  4. 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  6. 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
  7. 1.8 miTurn right, heading S.
  8. 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
  9. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  10. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Prairie Oaks Trail, heading S.
  11. 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
  12. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  13. 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
  14. 500 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  15. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  16. 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
  17. 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  18. 1 miTurn left, heading N.
  19. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  20. 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  21. 1.8 miTurn left, heading N.
  22. 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
  23. 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
  24. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  25. 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
  26. 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/prairie-oaks-trail-out-back-13-km-f546

Trail surface

100% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:59 AMSunset 7:17 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.6 mi in (~64 min). Leave by 5:52 PM for the 7:17 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:36 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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