Rice Creek & Rice Creek West Loop
3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr
Rice Creek & Rice Creek West Loop is a 3-mile loop near Mounds View, MN. The route reaches Rice Creek. 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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Rice Creek & Rice Creek West Loop
3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr
Elevation 882–916 ft
Loop
Trailhead: 45.10052, -93.21892
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:16 PM
Transit-accessible: Silver Lake Rd stop 15 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miPass Rice Creek.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Rice Creek West, heading E.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.6 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 0.5 mi in (~12 min). Leave by 6:44 PM for the 7:16 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:43 PM — 2 min before dark.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Silver Lake Rd stop 15 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Rice Creek Trail, Twin City Army Ammunition Plant 15.3 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Rice Creek Trail, Twin City Army Ammunition Plant 8.4 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Rice Creek Trail, Twin City Army Ammunition Plant 8.4 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Rice Creek Trail, Twin City Army Ammunition Plant 5.2 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Unity Wellness Path 4.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Rice Creek & Rice Creek West 3.1 mi · ▲ 27 ft
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