Shingle Creek Regional Trail
6.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 14 min
Shingle Creek Regional Trail is a 6.7-mile out-and-back in Northwoods Park near West Coon Rapids, MN. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Shingle Creek Regional Trail
6.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 14 min
Elevation 862–891 ft
Out & Back · Northwoods Park
Trailhead: 45.15170, -93.37485
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:15 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 350 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 1.4 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Shingle Creek Regional Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading W.
- 450 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, 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 1.9 mi in (~47 min). Leave by 6:08 PM for the 7:15 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:16 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Rush Creek Regional Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Goose Lake 4.9 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Target Northern Campus Lake via Rush Creek Regional Trail 5.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Oxbow Creek West Pond via Rush Creek Regional Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Rush Creek Regional Trail Footpath Loop 4.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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