Bunker Hills Regional Park

Prairie Oaks Trail

5.5 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 1 hr 52 min

Prairie Oaks Trail is a 5.5-mile out-and-back in Bunker Hills Regional Park near Northdale, MN. It is mostly level, with 81 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi856 – 922 ft6.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 45.20633, -93.28368
Nearest town Northdale, MN

Directions

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Prairie Oaks Trail

5.5 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 1 hr 52 min

Elevation 856–923 ft

Out & Back · Bunker Hills Regional Park

Trailhead: 45.20633, -93.28368

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

Toilets at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
  3. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  4. 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
  5. 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
  6. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  7. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  8. 50 ftTurn right onto Prairie Oaks Trail, heading NW.
  9. 1.8 miTurn left, heading SW.
  10. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  11. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  12. 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
  13. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  14. 150 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  15. 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
  16. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  17. 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
  18. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  19. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  20. 1.8 miTurn left, heading E.
  21. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  22. 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  23. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  24. 100 ftBear left, heading NE.
  25. 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
  26. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  27. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

90% paved1% dirt9% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:14 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.4 mi in (~35 min). Leave by 6:19 PM for the 7:14 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:04 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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