Battle Creek Park
Swimming Pond & Duck Pond
2.9 mi · ▲ 113 ft · 1 hr 1 min
Swimming Pond & Duck Pond is a 2.9-mile out-and-back in Battle Creek Park near Maplewood, MN. The route passes Duck Pond and Swimming Pond. It is mostly level, with 113 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Swimming Pond & Duck Pond
2.9 mi · ▲ 113 ft · 1 hr 1 min
Elevation 903–998 ft
Out & Back · Battle Creek 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
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.8 miPass Duck Pond.
- 0.1 miPass Swimming Pond.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftReach Swimming Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 250 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miArrive 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 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 6:46 PM for the 7:08 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:25 PM — 12 min before dark.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: McKnight Road & Innovation Boulevard stop 66 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Duck Pond 2.1 mi · ▲ 113 ft
- Swimming Pond–Duck Pond, 3 lakes 4 mi · ▲ 247 ft
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