Lebanon Hills Regional Park
Schwanze Lake & Frog Pond
8.6 mi · ▲ 470 ft · 3 hr 6 min
Schwanze Lake & Frog Pond is an 8.6-mile out-and-back in Lebanon Hills Regional Park near Rosemount, MN. The route passes Frog Pond before reaching Schwanze Lake at the turnaround, 4.3 miles in. It climbs 470 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Schwanze Lake & Frog Pond
8.6 mi · ▲ 470 ft · 3 hr 6 min
Elevation 909–1,046 ft
Out & Back · Lebanon Hills Regional Park
Trailhead: 44.76138, -93.16144
Weather Sep 25: sunrise 7:04 AM · sunset 7:06 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 1.2 miPass Frog Pond.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 1.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 100 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftReach Schwanze Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 1.9 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miArrive 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 1.6 mi in (~43 min). Leave by 6:04 PM for the 7:06 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:02 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Frog Pond 3.2 mi · ▲ 108 ft
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