Valley Lake Park
Valley Lake & Valley Lake Park Beach
11.2 mi · ▲ 107 ft · 3 hr 47 min
Valley Lake & Valley Lake Park Beach is an 11.2-mile out-and-back in Valley Lake Park near Rosemount, MN. The route passes Valley Lake Park Beach, Valley Lake and Valley Lake Park Beach. It is mostly level, with 107 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Valley Lake & Valley Lake Park Beach
11.2 mi · ▲ 107 ft · 3 hr 47 min
Elevation 930–1,024 ft
Out & Back · Valley Lake Park
Trailhead: 44.71563, -93.15703
Weather Sep 26: sunrise 7:05 AM · sunset 7:04 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 2.3 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading N.
- 100 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.5 miPass Valley Lake Park Beach.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Valley Lake.
- 50 ftPass Valley Lake Park Beach.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miReach Valley Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.9 miSharp left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 2.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~27 min). Leave by 6:18 PM for the 7:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:46 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Valley Lake Park Beach 10.2 mi · ▲ 107 ft
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