Tahpah to Scenic Heights Drainage Way Trail
7.6 mi · ▲ 136 ft · 2 hr 36 min
Tahpah to Scenic Heights Drainage Way Trail is a 7.6-mile out-and-back near Shakopee, MN. 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.
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Tahpah to Scenic Heights Drainage Way Trail
7.6 mi · ▲ 136 ft · 2 hr 36 min
Elevation 755–846 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 44.78574, -93.48459
Weather Sep 26: sunrise 7:06 AM · sunset 7:06 PM
Transit-accessible: Pine Tree Ln stop 377 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Tahpah to Scenic Heights Drainage Way Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.0 mi in (~48 min). Leave by 5:57 PM for the 7:06 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:10 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Pine Tree Ln stop 377 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Twin Ponds 14.7 mi · ▲ 437 ft
- Minnesota Valley State Trail 7.9 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Big Woods Regional Trail 6.9 mi · ▲ 163 ft
- Quarry Lake Trail 5 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Deans Lake 3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Thunder Canyon via Minnesota Valley State Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 28 ft
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