Sunset Pond Park
Sunset Pond via Lake Marion Greenway
3.8 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 18 min
Sunset Pond via Lake Marion Greenway is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Sunset Pond Park near Orchard Garden, MN. The route reaches Sunset Pond. It is mostly level, with 54 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 via Lake Marion Greenway
3.8 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 18 min
Elevation 853–922 ft
Out & Back · Sunset Pond Park
Trailhead: Lake Marion Greenway · 44.73984, -93.30799
Weather Sep 24: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:11 PM
Transit-accessible: Whispering Oaks Apts stop 542 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Lake Marion Greenway, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miPass Sunset Pond.
- 0.8 miReach Sunset Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 350 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miArrive 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 0.5 mi in (~12 min). Leave by 6:39 PM for the 7:11 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:37 PM — 3 min before dark.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Whispering Oaks Apts stop 542 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Lake Marion Greenway Trailhead
- Lake Marion Greenway 2.3 mi · ▲ 27 ft
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