Tahpah to Scenic Heights Drainage Way Trail
9.7 mi · ▲ 137 ft · 3 hr 18 min
Tahpah to Scenic Heights Drainage Way Trail is a 9.7-mile out-and-back near Shakopee, MN. It is mostly level, with 137 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 44.79377, -93.48038
Nearest town Shakopee, MN
Directions
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Tahpah to Scenic Heights Drainage Way Trail
9.7 mi · ▲ 137 ft · 3 hr 18 min
Out & Back
Trailhead: 44.79377, -93.48038
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:01 AM · sunset 7:15 PM
Transit-accessible: Canterbury Park stop 474 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 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.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 200 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 E.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 350 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 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
90% paved10% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:01 AMSunset 7:15 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Canterbury Park stop 474 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Big Woods Regional Trail 9 mi · ▲ 164 ft
- Quarry Lake Trail 5.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Canterbury Park 2.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Tahpah to Scenic Heights Drainage Way Trail 9.8 mi · ▲ 137 ft
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