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Oak Grove Park

Target Northern Campus Lake & Rush Creek Regional Trail Footpath

4.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 24 min

Target Northern Campus Lake & Rush Creek Regional Trail Footpath is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in Oak Grove Park near West Coon Rapids, 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 mi860 – 883 ft5.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 45.15187, -93.35728
Nearest town West Coon Rapids, MN
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Target Northern Campus Lake & Rush Creek Regional Trail Footpath

4.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 24 min

Elevation 860–883 ft

Out & Back · Oak Grove Park

Trailhead: 45.15187, -93.35728

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  5. 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  6. 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  7. 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
  8. 100 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 W.
  12. 0.3 miSharp right, heading SE.
  13. 450 ftPass Target Northern Campus Lake.
  14. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  15. 0.1 miSharp left, heading NW.
  16. 450 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  17. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  18. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  19. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Rush Creek Regional Trail Footpath, heading N.
  20. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Rush Creek Regional Trail, heading N.
  21. 50 ftContinue straight onto Rush Creek Regional Trail Footpath, heading N.
  22. 50 ftBear left onto Rush Creek Regional Trail, heading N.
  23. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  24. 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
  25. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  26. 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
  27. 0.2 miSharp right, heading W.
  28. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  29. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  30. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  31. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  32. 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-7-km-e9fe

Trail surface

72% paved19% dirt2% other7% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:15 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.6 mi in (~38 min). Leave by 6:17 PM for the 7:15 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:08 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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