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Lions Coon Creek Park

Sand Creek Trail

11.4 mi · ▲ 110 ft · 3 hr 51 min

Sand Creek Trail is an 11.4-mile out-and-back in Lions Coon Creek Park near Andover, MN. It is mostly level, with 110 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi850 – 912 ft13.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 45.23781, -93.32440
Nearest town Andover, MN
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Sand Creek Trail

11.4 mi · ▲ 110 ft · 3 hr 51 min

Elevation 851–911 ft

Out & Back · Lions Coon Creek Park

Trailhead: 45.23781, -93.32440

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:15 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  5. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  6. 150 ftBear right, heading E.
  7. 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
  8. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  9. 500 ftBear right, heading NW.
  10. 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  11. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  12. 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  13. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  14. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  15. 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
  16. 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
  17. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  18. 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
  19. 500 ftTurn right, heading E.
  20. 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
  21. 0.9 miTurn right, heading S.
  22. 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
  23. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  24. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Prairie Oaks Trail, heading E.
  25. 1.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  26. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  27. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  28. 150 ftBear right, heading S.
  29. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  30. 100 ftBear left, heading S.
  31. 0.1 miBear left onto Mallery Trail, heading S.
  32. 0.8 miTurn left onto Sand Creek Trail, heading E.
  33. 0.3 miReach Sand Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  34. 1.1 miBear right, heading SE.
  35. 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  36. 100 ftBear left, heading SW.
  37. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  38. 100 ftBear right, heading SW.
  39. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  40. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  41. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Prairie Oaks Trail, heading NE.
  42. 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  43. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  44. 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  45. 0.9 miTurn right, heading N.
  46. 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  47. 500 ftTurn right, heading N.
  48. 200 ftTurn right, heading N.
  49. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  50. 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
  51. 400 ftTurn right, heading N.
  52. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  53. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  54. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  55. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  56. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  57. 500 ftBear left, heading N.
  58. 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
  59. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  60. 100 ftBear right, heading N.
  61. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  62. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  63. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  64. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/sand-creek-trail-out-back-18-km-aa8b

Trail surface

100% paved

Weather

Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:15 PM

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

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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