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Rice Creek North Regional Trail Corridor

Rice Creek Trail, Twin City Army Ammunition Plant

10.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 3 hr 36 min

Rice Creek Trail, Twin City Army Ammunition Plant is a 10.8-mile out-and-back in Rice Creek North Regional Trail Corridor near Spring Lake Park, 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.

Elevation

0 mi876 – 915 ft12.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 45.10242, -93.24323
Nearest town Spring Lake Park, MN
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Rice Creek Trail, Twin City Army Ammunition Plant

10.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 3 hr 36 min

Elevation 877–916 ft

Out & Back · Rice Creek North Regional Trail Corridor

Trailhead: 45.10242, -93.24323

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:01 AM · sunset 7:12 PM

Transit-accessible: Fridley Terrace stop 95 m from the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  5. 1.7 miBear right, heading E.
  6. 0.5 miBear right, heading SE.
  7. 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  8. 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  9. 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  10. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  11. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  12. 1 miTurn right onto Rice Creek Trail, Twin City Army Ammunition Plant, heading N.
  13. 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
  14. 400 ftTurn right, heading N.
  15. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  16. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  17. 0.5 miSharp right, heading N.
  18. 400 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  19. 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
  20. 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  21. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  22. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  23. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  24. 200 ftBear left, heading E.
  25. 250 ftBear right, heading E.
  26. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  27. 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  28. 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
  29. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  30. 300 ftBear right, heading N.
  31. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  32. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  33. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  34. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  35. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  36. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  37. 400 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  38. 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
  39. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  40. 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
  41. 400 ftTurn right, heading W.
  42. 1.1 miBear left, heading S.
  43. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  44. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  45. 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
  46. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  47. 250 ftBear left, heading S.
  48. 0.5 miBear left, heading S.
  49. 1.7 miTurn left, heading W.
  50. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  51. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  52. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/rice-creek-trail-twin-city-army-ammunition-plant-out-back-17-km-ea74

Trail surface

92% paved3% dirt5% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:01 AMSunset 7:12 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:52 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:12 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:42 PM.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Fridley Terrace stop 95 m from the trailhead

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