Target Northern Campus Lake via Rush Creek Regional Trail
5.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 44 min
Target Northern Campus Lake via Rush Creek Regional Trail is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Oak Grove Park near West Coon Rapids, MN. The route reaches Target Northern Campus Lake at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Target Northern Campus Lake via Rush Creek Regional Trail
5.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 44 min
Elevation 867–878 ft
Out & Back · Oak Grove Park
Trailhead: 45.15170, -93.37485
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:15 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 350 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Rush Creek Regional Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miPass Target Northern Campus Lake.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftReach Target Northern Campus Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 1 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.4 mi in (~59 min). Leave by 5:56 PM for the 7:15 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:28 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Shingle Creek Regional Trail 6.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Rush Creek Regional Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Goose Lake 4.9 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Oxbow Creek West Pond via Rush Creek Regional Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Rush Creek Regional Trail Footpath Loop 4.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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