Mississippi Gateway Regional Park
Rush Creek Regional Trail
4.7 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 1 hr 36 min
Rush Creek Regional Trail is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Mississippi Gateway Regional Park near Coon Rapids, MN. It is mostly level, with 80 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
4.7 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 1 hr 36 min
Elevation 817–878 ft
Out & Back · Mississippi Gateway Regional Park
Trailhead: 45.13290, -93.29108
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:16 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Adams Elementary Nature Trail, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 1.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Rush Creek Regional Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 1.2 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Adams Elementary Nature Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 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 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 6:55 PM for the 7:16 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:33 PM — 13 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
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- Elm Creek Swim Pond–Elm Creek Park Reserve Beach, 5 sights 16.2 mi · ▲ 162 ft
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- Rush Creek Regional Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Rush Creek Regional Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 55 ft
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