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.

Elevation

0 mi817 – 879 ft5.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 45.13290, -93.29108
Nearest town Coon Rapids, MN

Directions

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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  3. 350 ftContinue straight onto Adams Elementary Nature Trail, heading W.
  4. 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  5. 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
  6. 0.3 miSharp right, heading NW.
  7. 1.2 miBear left, heading N.
  8. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  9. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  10. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  11. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Rush Creek Regional Trail, heading W.
  12. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  13. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  14. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  15. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  16. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  17. 1.2 miSharp left, heading E.
  18. 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
  19. 0.3 miTurn right onto Adams Elementary Nature Trail, heading NE.
  20. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  21. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

74% paved13% dirt12% gravel1% other

Weather

Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:16 PM

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.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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