Rush Creek Regional Trail
2.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 50 min
Rush Creek Regional Trail is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Northwoods Park near West Coon Rapids, 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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Rush Creek Regional Trail
2.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 50 min
Elevation 869–883 ft
Out & Back · Northwoods Park
Trailhead: 45.15170, -93.37485
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:15 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 350 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Rush Creek Regional Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 6:49 PM for the 7:15 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:35 PM — 9 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Shingle Creek Regional Trail 6.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Goose Lake 4.9 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Target Northern Campus Lake via Rush Creek Regional Trail 5.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Oxbow Creek West Pond via Rush Creek Regional Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Rush Creek Regional Trail Footpath Loop 4.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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