Tahpah to Scenic Heights Drainage Way Trail

11 mi · ▲ 114 ft · 3 hr 43 min

Tahpah to Scenic Heights Drainage Way Trail is an 11-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

11 mi · ▲ 114 ft · 3 hr 43 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. 0.9 miBear right, heading E.
  3. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  5. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  6. 400 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  7. 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
  8. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  9. 50 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  10. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  11. 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  13. 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  14. 1.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  15. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  16. 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
  17. 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
  18. 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
  19. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  20. 200 ftTurn right, heading N.
  21. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  22. 0.4 miTurn right onto Tahpah to Scenic Heights Drainage Way Trail, heading W.
  23. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  24. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  25. 0.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  26. 1 miTurn right, heading E.
  27. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  28. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  29. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  30. 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
  31. 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
  32. 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
  33. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  34. 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
  35. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  36. 1.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  37. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  38. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  39. 300 ftTurn left, heading E.
  40. 0.3 miSharp right, heading E.
  41. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  42. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  43. 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
  44. 350 ftBear left, heading E.
  45. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  46. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  47. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  48. 0.6 miArrive 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: Marschall Rd stop 19 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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