Sunset Pond Park
Sunset Pond & Lake Marion Greenway
7.5 mi · ▲ 160 ft · 2 hr 35 min
Sunset Pond & Lake Marion Greenway is a 7.5-mile out-and-back in Sunset Pond Park near Glendale, MN. The route reaches Sunset Pond. It is mostly level, with 160 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Sunset Pond & Lake Marion Greenway
7.5 mi · ▲ 160 ft · 2 hr 35 min
Elevation 839–924 ft
Out & Back · Sunset Pond Park
Trailhead: 44.74648, -93.35881
Weather Sep 24: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:11 PM
Transit-accessible: Vernon Av stop 595 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 1.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lake Marion Greenway, heading E.
- 0.4 miPass Sunset Pond.
- 1.1 miReach Sunset Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 400 ftBear left, heading E.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 100 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.5 mi in (~87 min). Leave by 5:23 PM for the 7:11 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:55 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Vernon Av stop 595 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Twin Ponds & Jeffers Wildlife Pond 8.2 mi · ▲ 356 ft
- Mystic Lake & Twin Ponds 11.7 mi · ▲ 439 ft
- Hass Lake–Twin Ponds, 3 lakes 10.4 mi · ▲ 411 ft
- Jeffers Pond–Twin Ponds, 3 lakes 10.2 mi · ▲ 356 ft
- Lower Prior Lake–Twin Ponds, 3 lakes 5.5 mi · ▲ 219 ft
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