Rice Creek North Regional Trail Corridor
Rice Creek North Regional Trail
9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 3 hr
Rice Creek North Regional Trail is a 9-mile out-and-back in Rice Creek North Regional Trail Corridor near Lexington, MN. 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 North Regional Trail
9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 3 hr
Elevation 881–907 ft
Out & Back · Rice Creek North Regional Trail Corridor
Trailhead: 45.13182, -93.15116
Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 450 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 2.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 1.2 miTurn right onto Rice Creek North Regional Trail, heading N.
- 500 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 2.1 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.1 mi in (~99 min). Leave by 5:13 PM for the 7:12 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:05 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Rice Creek Trail, Twin City Army Ammunition Plant 14.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Round Lake–Rush Lake, 4 lakes 14.1 mi · ▲ 161 ft
- George Watch Lake–Rice Lake, 5 lakes 15.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Rice Creek North Regional Trail 9.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Unity Wellness Path via Rice Creek Trail, Twin City Army Ammunition Plant 14.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Rice Creek Parkway 4.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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