Rice Creek Trail, Twin City Army Ammunition Plant
5.2 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 1 hr 45 min
Rice Creek Trail, Twin City Army Ammunition Plant is a 5.2-mile out-and-back near Mounds View, MN. It is mostly level, with 26 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
5.2 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 1 hr 45 min
Elevation 877–913 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 45.10062, -93.22119
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:14 PM
Transit-accessible: Silver Lake Rd stop 191 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 1.1 miSharp right onto Rice Creek Trail, Twin City Army Ammunition Plant, heading N.
- 250 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 1.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 250 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.7 miArrive 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 2.3 mi in (~56 min). Leave by 5:58 PM for the 7:14 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:26 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Silver Lake Rd stop 191 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Rice Creek Trail, Twin City Army Ammunition Plant 15.3 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Rice Creek Trail, Twin City Army Ammunition Plant 8.4 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Rice Creek Trail, Twin City Army Ammunition Plant 8.4 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Unity Wellness Path 4.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Rice Creek & Rice Creek West 3.1 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Unity Wellness Path 4.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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