Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

Bluff Creek Local Trail–Oak Trail, 3 sights

7.9 mi · ▲ 219 ft · 2 hr 45 min

Bluff Creek Local Trail–Oak Trail, 3 sights is a 7.9-mile out-and-back in Minnesota Landscape Arboretum near Hazeltine, MN. It is mostly level, with 219 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Ridge Trail 44.86114, -93.61408
Nearest town Hazeltine, MN

Directions

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Bluff Creek Local Trail–Oak Trail, 3 sights

7.9 mi · ▲ 219 ft · 2 hr 45 min

Out & Back · Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

Trailhead: Ridge Trail · 44.86114, -93.61408

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:14 PM

Transit-accessible: Rose Garden (Shuttle) stop 286 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Ridge Trail, heading E.
  2. 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  3. 450 ftTurn left onto Oak Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.3 miBear left onto Ridge Trail, heading E.
  5. 50 ftBear right onto Maintenance Trail, heading E.
  6. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Spring Peeper Trail, heading E.
  7. 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
  8. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  9. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Washing Machine, heading S.
  10. 300 ftBear right, heading S.
  11. 400 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  12. 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
  13. 1.6 miBear left, heading SE.
  14. 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
  15. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  16. 50 ftTurn left onto Bluff Creek Local Trail, heading E.
  17. 50 ftTurn right onto Audubon Road, heading E.
  18. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bluff Creek Local Trail, heading E.
  19. 0.9 miReach Oak Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  20. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
  21. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Audubon Road, heading W.
  22. 50 ftTurn left onto Bluff Creek Local Trail, heading W.
  23. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  24. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  25. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  26. 150 ftBear right, heading N.
  27. 1.6 miBear right, heading W.
  28. 0.3 miTurn right onto Washing Machine, heading NW.
  29. 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
  30. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  31. 100 ftBear left onto Spring Peeper Trail, heading SW.
  32. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Maintenance Trail, heading NW.
  33. 0.1 miBear left onto Ridge Trail, heading NW.
  34. 50 ftBear right onto Oak Trail, heading NW.
  35. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  36. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  37. 450 ftTurn left onto Ridge Trail, heading NE.
  38. 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

69% paved15% dirt6% grass5% gravel3% boardwalk2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:02 AMSunset 7:14 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Rose Garden (Shuttle) stop 286 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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