Tahpah to Scenic Heights Drainage Way Trail

10.9 mi · ▲ 114 ft · 3 hr 41 min

Tahpah to Scenic Heights Drainage Way Trail is a 10.9-mile out-and-back near Shakopee, MN. It is mostly level, with 114 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.79746, -93.50801
Nearest town Shakopee, MN

Directions

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Tahpah to Scenic Heights Drainage Way Trail

10.9 mi · ▲ 114 ft · 3 hr 41 min

Out & Back

Trailhead: 44.79746, -93.50801

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:01 AM · sunset 7:15 PM

Transit-accessible: Marschall Rd stop 19 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  3. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  4. 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
  6. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
  7. 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
  8. 1.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  10. 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
  11. 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
  12. 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  13. 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
  14. 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
  15. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  16. 0.4 miTurn right onto Tahpah to Scenic Heights Drainage Way Trail, heading W.
  17. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  18. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  19. 0.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  20. 1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  21. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  22. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  23. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  24. 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
  25. 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  26. 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
  27. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  28. 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
  29. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  30. 1.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  31. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  32. 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
  33. 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
  34. 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
  35. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
  36. 400 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

95% paved5% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:01 AMSunset 7:15 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Marschall Rd stop 19 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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