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Rush Creek Regional Trail

Target Northern Campus Lake & Rush Creek Regional Trail Footpath

7 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 20 min

Target Northern Campus Lake & Rush Creek Regional Trail Footpath is a 7-mile out-and-back in Rush Creek Regional Trail near Thompson Riverview Terrace, MN. The route reaches Target Northern Campus Lake. 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 mi856 – 883 ft8.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 45.12975, -93.33899
Nearest town Thompson Riverview Terrace, MN
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Target Northern Campus Lake & Rush Creek Regional Trail Footpath

7 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 20 min

Elevation 857–883 ft

Out & Back · Rush Creek Regional Trail

Trailhead: 45.12975, -93.33899

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

Transit-accessible: 97 Av N stop 244 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 300 ftTurn right, heading W.
  3. 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  5. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  8. 0.3 miTurn left onto Shingle Creek Regional Trail, heading E.
  9. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  10. 250 ftSharp right, heading N.
  11. 300 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  12. 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  14. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  15. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
  16. 0.7 miTurn left, heading W.
  17. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
  18. 0.2 miPass Target Northern Campus Lake.
  19. 250 ftBear left, heading N.
  20. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  21. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
  22. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  23. 0.5 miBear right, heading E.
  24. 0.1 miTurn left onto Rush Creek Regional Trail, heading N.
  25. 250 ftContinue straight onto Rush Creek Regional Trail Footpath, heading E.
  26. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  27. 50 ftBear right onto Rush Creek Regional Trail, heading E.
  28. 150 ftContinue straight onto Rush Creek Regional Trail Footpath, heading E.
  29. 0.7 miSharp left, heading SE.
  30. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Rush Creek Regional Trail, heading N.
  31. 50 ftContinue straight onto Rush Creek Regional Trail Footpath, heading N.
  32. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Rush Creek Regional Trail, heading SE.
  33. 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  34. 100 ftContinue straight onto Shingle Creek Regional Trail, heading SE.
  35. 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  36. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  37. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  38. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  39. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  40. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  41. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  42. 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
  43. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/target-northern-campus-lake-target-northern-campus-lake-out-back-3-lakes-11-km-1984

Trail surface

60% paved33% dirt7% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:15 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.0 mi in (~73 min). Leave by 5:42 PM for the 7:15 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:42 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: 97 Av N stop 244 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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