Long Lake Park

Rice Creek Trail, Twin City Army Ammunition Plant

13 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 4 hr 21 min

Rice Creek Trail, Twin City Army Ammunition Plant is a 13-mile out-and-back in Long Lake Park near New Brighton, MN. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi876 – 909 ft14.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 45.08620, -93.18832
Nearest town New Brighton, MN

Directions

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Rice Creek Trail, Twin City Army Ammunition Plant

13 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 4 hr 21 min

Elevation 877–909 ft

Out & Back · Long Lake Park

Trailhead: 45.08620, -93.18832

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:14 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
  3. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  4. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  5. 1 miTurn right onto Rice Creek Trail, Twin City Army Ammunition Plant, heading N.
  6. 500 ftTurn left, heading E.
  7. 400 ftTurn right, heading E.
  8. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  9. 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  10. 0.5 miSharp right, heading N.
  11. 400 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  12. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  13. 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  14. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  16. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  17. 150 ftBear left, heading E.
  18. 250 ftBear right, heading E.
  19. 100 ftBear left, heading E.
  20. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  21. 2.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  22. 1.2 miTurn right onto Rice Creek North Regional Trail, heading N.
  23. 500 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  24. 500 ftTurn left, heading N.
  25. 1.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  26. 2.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  27. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  28. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  29. 250 ftBear right, heading W.
  30. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  31. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  32. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  33. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  34. 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
  35. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  36. 350 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  37. 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
  38. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
  39. 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
  40. 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
  41. 200 ftContinue straight onto Rice Creek Trail, Twin City Army Ammunition Plant, heading SW.
  42. 1.1 miBear left, heading S.
  43. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  44. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  45. 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 surface

96% paved2% dirt2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:59 AMSunset 7:14 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 6.1 mi in (~149 min). Leave by 4:25 PM for the 7:14 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:57 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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