Rice Creek Parkway
8.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 56 min
Rice Creek Parkway is an 8.8-mile out-and-back near Circle Pines, 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 Parkway
8.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 56 min
Elevation 884–913 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 45.14367, -93.11994
Weather Sep 22: Overcast, high 65°F / low 44° · precip 1% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Transit-accessible: Park View Drive & Naples Street stop 222 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Rice Creek North Regional Trail, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 2.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Rice Creek Parkway, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading W.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 2.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 1.2 miTurn right onto Rice Creek North Regional Trail, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~11 min). Leave by 6:41 PM for the 7:12 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:38 PM — 4 min before dark.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Park View Drive & Naples Street stop 222 m from the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Rice Creek Parkway 8.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Rice Creek Trail, Twin City Army Ammunition Plant 9.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Rice Creek North Regional Trail 9.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Rice Creek North Regional Trail 9.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Rice Creek North Regional Trail 6.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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