Wash Pond Flats Sunset Point via Great Northern Trail
2.8 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 57 min
Wash Pond Flats Sunset Point via Great Northern Trail is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in Woodland Trails Regional Park near Lake Orono Estates, MN. The route reaches Wash Pond Flats Sunset Point at the turnaround, 1.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 40/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Wash Pond Flats Sunset Point via Great Northern Trail
2.8 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 57 min
Elevation 928–970 ft
Out & Back · Woodland Trails Regional Park
Trailhead: 45.33024, -93.60033
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:18 PM
Dogs allowed on leash
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Great Northern Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miReach Wash Pond Flats Sunset Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 350 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 500 ftArrive 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~17 min). Leave by 6:41 PM for the 7:18 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:49 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
More from this trailhead
- Great Northern Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Big Tooth Shoot 2.9 mi · ▲ 58 ft
- Big Tooth Shoot 2.9 mi · ▲ 58 ft
- Great Northern Trail Loop 3.5 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Great Northern Trail Loop 3.6 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Great Northern Trail Loop 3.7 mi · ▲ 27 ft
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