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Tahpah to Scenic Heights Drainage Way Trail

11.9 mi · ▲ 164 ft · 4 hr 3 min

Tahpah to Scenic Heights Drainage Way Trail is an 11.9-mile out-and-back near Barden, MN. It is mostly level, with 164 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.76823, -93.43915
Nearest town Barden, MN
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Tahpah to Scenic Heights Drainage Way Trail

11.9 mi · ▲ 164 ft · 4 hr 3 min

Out & Back

Trailhead: 44.76823, -93.43915

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:15 PM

Transit-accessible: Eagle Creek Avenue Transit Station stop 208 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 1.6 miTurn right, heading N.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  4. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
  5. 1.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  7. 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
  8. 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
  9. 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  10. 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
  11. 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
  12. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  13. 0.4 miTurn right onto Tahpah to Scenic Heights Drainage Way Trail, heading NW.
  14. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  15. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  16. 0.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  17. 1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  18. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  19. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
  20. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  21. 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
  22. 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
  23. 0.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
  24. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  25. 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
  26. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  27. 1.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  28. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
  29. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  30. 1.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/tahpah-to-scenic-heights-drainage-way-trail-out-back-19-km-1fb6

Trail surface

95% paved5% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:15 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Eagle Creek Avenue Transit Station stop 208 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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