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
- Start on Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Oak Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Maintenance Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Spring Peeper Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Washing Machine, heading S.
- 300 ftBear right, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
- 1.6 miBear left, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Bluff Creek Local Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Audubon Road, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bluff Creek Local Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miReach Oak Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Audubon Road, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Bluff Creek Local Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 1.6 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Washing Machine, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 100 ftBear left onto Spring Peeper Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Maintenance Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Oak Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 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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