Tahpah to Scenic Heights Drainage Way Trail

12.1 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 4 hr 4 min

Tahpah to Scenic Heights Drainage Way Trail is a 12.1-mile out-and-back near Grainwood, MN. It is mostly level, with 80 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi778 – 850 ft13.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.75890, -93.46028
Nearest town Grainwood, MN

Directions

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Tahpah to Scenic Heights Drainage Way Trail

12.1 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 4 hr 4 min

Elevation 779–851 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 44.75890, -93.46028

Weather Sep 25: sunrise 7:05 AM · sunset 7:07 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
  3. 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  5. 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
  6. 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
  7. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  8. 0.3 miSharp left, heading NE.
  9. 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  11. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  12. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  13. 0.9 miTurn right, heading W.
  14. 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  15. 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
  16. 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
  17. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  18. 0.4 miTurn right onto Tahpah to Scenic Heights Drainage Way Trail, heading W.
  19. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  20. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  21. 0.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  22. 1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  23. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  24. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  25. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  26. 200 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  27. 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  28. 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
  29. 0.9 miTurn right, heading E.
  30. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  31. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  32. 0.3 miSharp left, heading S.
  33. 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
  34. 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
  35. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  36. 0.7 miTurn left, heading E.
  37. 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  38. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  39. 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
  40. 0.4 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

86% paved14% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:05 AMSunset 7:07 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.1 mi in (~100 min). Leave by 5:07 PM for the 7:07 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:04 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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