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Lions Coon Creek Park

Prairie Oaks Trail

8.6 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 2 hr 54 min

Prairie Oaks Trail is an 8.6-mile out-and-back in Lions Coon Creek Park near Andover, MN. It is mostly level, with 55 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi856 – 912 ft10.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 45.24983, -93.31298
Nearest town Andover, MN
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Prairie Oaks Trail

8.6 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 2 hr 54 min

Elevation 856–911 ft

Out & Back · Lions Coon Creek Park

Trailhead: 45.24983, -93.31298

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
  3. 450 ftBear right onto School service road and path, heading SE.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  6. 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
  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. 1.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  12. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  13. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  14. 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
  15. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  16. 150 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  17. 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
  18. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  19. 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
  20. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  21. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  22. 1.6 miTurn left, heading N.
  23. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  24. 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  25. 1.8 miTurn left, heading N.
  26. 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
  27. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  28. 250 ftContinue straight onto School service road and path, heading N.
  29. 500 ftBear left, heading N.
  30. 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
  31. 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-14-km-ae3d

Trail surface

100% paved

Weather

Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:15 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.0 mi in (~72 min). Leave by 5:43 PM for the 7:15 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:42 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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