Shingle Creek Regional Trail
4.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 38 min
Shingle Creek Regional Trail is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Palmer Lake Park near Brooklyn Center, 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
4.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 38 min
Elevation 842–868 ft
Out & Back · Palmer Lake Park
Trailhead: 45.07674, -93.33431
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:15 PM
Transit-accessible: 68 Av N stop 203 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 200 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Shingle Creek Regional Trail, heading E.
- 1.5 miReach Shingle Creek Regional Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:55 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:15 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:44 PM.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: 68 Av N stop 203 m from the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Palmer Lake via Shingle Creek Regional Trail 4 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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