Rice Creek Trail, Twin City Army Ammunition Plant
9.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 3 hr 4 min
Rice Creek Trail, Twin City Army Ammunition Plant is a 9.2-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 Trail, Twin City Army Ammunition Plant
9.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 3 hr 4 min
Elevation 881–908 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 45.13948, -93.12238
Weather Sep 22: Overcast, high 65°F / low 44° · precip 1% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 2.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 100 ftBear left, heading S.
- 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 400 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Rice Creek Trail, Twin City Army Ammunition Plant, heading S.
- 350 ftBear left, heading S.
- 100 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 150 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left, heading E.
- 300 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 2.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 1 miTurn 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 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 6:48 PM for the 7:12 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:30 PM — 11 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
More from this trailhead
- Rice Creek Parkway 8.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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