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Northwoods Park

Shingle Creek Regional Trail

10.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 3 hr 30 min

Shingle Creek Regional Trail is a 10.5-mile out-and-back in Northwoods Park near Champlin, 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.

Elevation

0 mi863 – 902 ft12.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 45.16191, -93.41161
Nearest town Champlin, MN
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Shingle Creek Regional Trail

10.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 3 hr 30 min

Elevation 862–903 ft

Out & Back · Northwoods Park

Trailhead: 45.16191, -93.41161

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:01 AM · sunset 7:13 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 150 ftBear right, heading E.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  4. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  6. 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  7. 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  9. 1.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  10. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  12. 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  13. 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
  14. 350 ftBear right, heading E.
  15. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  16. 1.4 miBear left, heading S.
  17. 0.6 miBear right, heading S.
  18. 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
  19. 0.6 miTurn left onto Shingle Creek Regional Trail, heading E.
  20. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  21. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  22. 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
  23. 450 ftBear left, heading NW.
  24. 0.6 miBear right, heading N.
  25. 1.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  26. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  27. 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
  28. 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
  29. 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  30. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  31. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  32. 1.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  33. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  34. 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
  35. 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
  36. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  37. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  38. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  39. 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/shingle-creek-regional-trail-out-back-17-km-51d2

Trail surface

94% paved2% dirt1% other3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:01 AMSunset 7:13 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.9 mi in (~96 min). Leave by 5:18 PM for the 7:13 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:03 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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