AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Kelleher Park

Sunset Pond & Lake Marion Greenway

4.5 mi · ▲ 136 ft · 1 hr 34 min

Sunset Pond & Lake Marion Greenway is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Kelleher Park near Savage, MN. The route reaches Sunset Pond. It is mostly level, with 136 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi860 – 925 ft4.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Lake Marion Greenway 44.74908, -93.32120
Nearest town Savage, MN
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Sunset Pond & Lake Marion Greenway

4.5 mi · ▲ 136 ft · 1 hr 34 min

Elevation 859–927 ft

Out & Back · Kelleher Park

Trailhead: Lake Marion Greenway · 44.74908, -93.32120

Weather Sep 24: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:11 PM

Transit-accessible: Southcross Dr stop 234 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Lake Marion Greenway, heading E.
  2. 50 ftPass Sunset Pond.
  3. 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
  4. 350 ftBear left, heading SE.
  5. 1.5 miBear right, heading W.
  6. 450 ftSharp right, heading W.
  7. 0.1 miReach Sunset Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.1 miSharp right, heading SW.
  9. 450 ftBear right, heading E.
  10. 1.5 miBear right, heading NW.
  11. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  12. 400 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  13. 0.4 miArrive 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/sunset-pond-lake-marion-greenway-out-back-7-km

Trail surface

96% paved4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:02 AMSunset 7:11 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.6 mi in (~17 min). Leave by 6:34 PM for the 7:11 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:41 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Southcross Dr stop 234 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Savage, Minnesota