Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

Trex Deck–Lake Ann Beach, 4 sights

14 mi · ▲ 275 ft · 4 hr 48 min

Trex Deck–Lake Ann Beach, 4 sights is a 14-mile out-and-back in Minnesota Landscape Arboretum near Carver Beach, MN. The route passes Lake Ann Beach before reaching Trex Deck at the turnaround, 7 miles in. It climbs 275 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.88541, -93.52848
Nearest town Carver Beach, MN

Directions

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Trex Deck–Lake Ann Beach, 4 sights

14 mi · ▲ 275 ft · 4 hr 48 min

Out & Back · Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

Trailhead: 44.88541, -93.52848

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:13 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  3. 1.8 miBear right, heading SW.
  4. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  5. 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
  6. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  7. 0.6 miPass Lake Ann Beach.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  10. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bluff Creek Local Trail, heading W.
  11. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  12. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  13. 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
  14. 150 ftBear right, heading W.
  15. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  16. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  17. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  18. 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
  19. 50 ftBear left onto Spring Peeper Trail, heading S.
  20. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Maintenance Trail, heading W.
  21. 0.1 miBear left onto Ridge Trail, heading W.
  22. 50 ftBear right onto Oak Trail, heading W.
  23. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  24. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  25. 300 ftTurn left onto Green Heron Trail, heading W.
  26. 0.2 miReach Trex Deck, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  27. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  28. 300 ftTurn left onto Oak Trail, heading NW.
  29. 0.3 miBear left onto Ridge Trail, heading SW.
  30. 50 ftBear right onto Maintenance Trail, heading SW.
  31. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Spring Peeper Trail, heading E.
  32. 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
  33. 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
  34. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  35. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  36. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  37. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  38. 150 ftBear right, heading E.
  39. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
  40. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  41. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Bluff Creek Local Trail, heading E.
  42. 300 ftBear left, heading E.
  43. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  44. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  45. 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
  46. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  47. 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
  48. 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
  49. 1.8 miTurn left, heading N.
  50. 0.1 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

79% paved6% dirt5% gravel4% grass2% boardwalk4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:02 AMSunset 7:13 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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