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Bunker Hills Regional Park

Prairie Oaks Trail

5 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 41 min

Prairie Oaks Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back in Bunker Hills Regional Park near Andover, MN. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi856 – 922 ft6.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Pollinator Pathway 45.20932, -93.28478
Nearest town Andover, MN
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Prairie Oaks Trail

5 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 41 min

Elevation 856–923 ft

Out & Back · Bunker Hills Regional Park

Trailhead: Pollinator Pathway · 45.20932, -93.28478

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:14 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Pollinator Pathway, heading W.
  2. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  4. 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
  5. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  6. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  7. 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  9. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  10. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  11. 50 ftTurn right onto Prairie Oaks Trail, heading NW.
  12. 1.8 miTurn left, heading SW.
  13. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  14. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  15. 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
  16. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  17. 150 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  18. 200 ftBear left, heading SW.
  19. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  20. 100 ftBear right, heading SW.
  21. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  22. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  23. 1.8 miTurn left, heading E.
  24. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  25. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  26. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  27. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  28. 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
  29. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  30. 150 ftBear right, heading E.
  31. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  32. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  33. 50 ftContinue straight onto Pollinator Pathway, heading E.
  34. 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-8-km-4e40

Trail surface

97% paved1% gravel1% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:14 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.2 mi in (~30 min). Leave by 6:25 PM for the 7:14 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:59 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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