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
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.4 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 E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.5 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.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 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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