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Battle Creek Regional Park

Swimming Pond–Duck Pond, 3 lakes

4 mi · ▲ 247 ft · 1 hr 27 min

Swimming Pond–Duck Pond, 3 lakes is a 4-mile out-and-back in Battle Creek Regional Park near Maplewood, MN. The route passes Duck Pond and Swimming Pond. It is mostly level, with 247 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi840 – 997 ft4.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.95453, -93.00469
Nearest town Maplewood, MN
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Swimming Pond–Duck Pond, 3 lakes

4 mi · ▲ 247 ft · 1 hr 27 min

Elevation 839–998 ft

Out & Back · Battle Creek Regional Park

Trailhead: 44.95453, -93.00469

Weather Sep 24: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:08 PM

Transit-accessible: McKnight Road & Innovation Boulevard stop 66 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  4. 0.8 miPass Duck Pond.
  5. 0.1 miPass Swimming Pond.
  6. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  8. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  9. 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Drop into Pine, heading N.
  11. 400 ftBear right onto Fern Gully, heading W.
  12. 250 ftTurn left onto Competition Hill, heading W.
  13. 0.1 miReach Swimming Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  15. 150 ftContinue straight onto Fern Gully, heading SW.
  16. 150 ftBear left onto Drop into Pine, heading SW.
  17. 400 ftBear right, heading NE.
  18. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  19. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  20. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  21. 1 miTurn right, heading N.
  22. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  23. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/swimming-pond-duck-pond-out-back-4-lakes-6-km-b34c

Trail surface

73% paved4% dirt23% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:02 AMSunset 7:08 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 6:46 PM for the 7:08 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:24 PM — 13 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: McKnight Road & Innovation Boulevard stop 66 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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