Oak Grove Park

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.

Elevation

0 mi866 – 879 ft6.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 45.15170, -93.37485
Nearest town West Coon Rapids, MN

Directions

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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  3. 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  4. 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
  5. 350 ftBear right, heading E.
  6. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  7. 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  8. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  9. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  10. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Rush Creek Regional Trail, heading S.
  11. 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  12. 0.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
  13. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  14. 0.3 miPass Target Northern Campus Lake.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  16. 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
  17. 50 ftReach Target Northern Campus Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  19. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  20. 0.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
  21. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  22. 1 miBear right, heading N.
  23. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  24. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  25. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  26. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  27. 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
  28. 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
  29. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
  30. 50 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

74% paved19% dirt2% other5% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:15 PM

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.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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