Sand Creek Trail
4.9 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 40 min
Sand Creek Trail is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Lions Coon Creek Park near Andover, MN. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Sand Creek Trail
4.9 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 40 min
Elevation 851–909 ft
Out & Back · Lions Coon Creek Park
Trailhead: Prairie Oaks Trail · 45.20590, -93.30383
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:17 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Prairie Oaks Trail, heading SW.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Mallery Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Sand Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miReach Sand Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Prairie Oaks Trail, 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 0.2 mi in (~5 min). Leave by 6:52 PM for the 7:17 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:37 PM — 9 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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