Rush Creek Regional Trail
2.7 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 55 min
Rush Creek Regional Trail is a 2.7-mile out-and-back in Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park near Coon Creek, 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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Rush Creek Regional Trail
2.7 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 55 min
Elevation 819–862 ft
Out & Back · Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park
Trailhead: 45.15236, -93.30104
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:15 PM
Transit-accessible: Crane St stop 73 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 250 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftBear right onto Coon Rapids Dam, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear right onto Rush Creek Regional Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 400 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 250 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear right onto Coon Rapids Dam, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~13 min). Leave by 6:41 PM for the 7:15 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:43 PM — 1 min before dark.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Crane St stop 73 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Rush Creek Regional Trail Footpath–Rush Creek Regional Trail, 3 sights 10.9 mi · ▲ 82 ft
- Elm Creek Swim Pond–Elm Creek Park Reserve Beach, 5 sights 15.8 mi · ▲ 112 ft
- Oxbow Creek West Pond–Rush Creek Regional Trail Footpath, 3 sights 9 mi · ▲ 86 ft
- Cenaiko Lake via Coon Rapids Dam 3.3 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Coon Rapids Dam 2.3 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Rush Creek Regional Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 26 ft
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