Rush Creek Regional Trail
4.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 36 min
Rush Creek Regional Trail is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Oak Grove Park near Brooklyn 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.
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Rush Creek Regional Trail
4.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 36 min
Elevation 866–900 ft
Out & Back · Oak Grove Park
Trailhead: 45.12322, -93.36670
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:15 PM
Transit-accessible: Hampshire Av stop 598 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Rush Creek Regional Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
- 450 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 450 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~9 min). Leave by 6:46 PM for the 7:15 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:39 PM — 6 min before dark.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Hampshire Av stop 598 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Shingle Creek Regional Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Rush Creek Regional Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Rush Creek Regional Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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- Rush Creek Regional Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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