Shingle Creek Regional Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 30 min
Shingle Creek Regional Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Oak Grove 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
4.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 30 min
Elevation 862–891 ft
Out & Back · Oak Grove Park
Trailhead: 45.13813, -93.36853
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:17 PM
Transit-accessible: Target Building B stop 413 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Shingle Creek Regional Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
- 450 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~22 min). Leave by 6:35 PM for the 7:17 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:54 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Target Building B stop 413 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- North Arbor Lake via Rush Creek Regional Trail 11 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Teal Lake via Rush Creek Regional Trail 9.3 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Erlandson Park–Rush Creek Regional Trail Footpath, 3 sights 10.5 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Rush Creek Regional Trail Loop 2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Rush Creek Regional Trail Footpath & Shingle Creek Regional Trail Loop 4.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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