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Lebanon Hills Regional Park

Wheaton Pond & Frog Swamp via North Creek Greenway

11.9 mi · ▲ 332 ft · 4 hr 8 min

Wheaton Pond & Frog Swamp via North Creek Greenway is an 11.9-mile out-and-back in Lebanon Hills Regional Park near Nicols, MN. The route passes Frog Swamp and Wheaton Pond. It climbs 332 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi804 – 1,001 ft12.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.83342, -93.19114
Nearest town Nicols, MN
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Wheaton Pond & Frog Swamp via North Creek Greenway

11.9 mi · ▲ 332 ft · 4 hr 8 min

Elevation 805–1,000 ft

Out & Back · Lebanon Hills Regional Park

Trailhead: 44.83342, -93.19114

Weather Sep 26: sunrise 7:05 AM · sunset 7:04 PM

Transit-accessible: Yankee Drive stop 254 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  3. 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
  4. 1.6 miTurn right, heading S.
  5. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  6. 1 miTurn left, heading S.
  7. 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  8. 0.5 miContinue straight onto North Creek Greenway, heading S.
  9. 0.5 miPass Frog Swamp.
  10. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  11. 0.2 miPass Wheaton Pond.
  12. 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  13. 350 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  14. 0.4 miReach Wheaton Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.4 miSharp right, heading S.
  16. 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  17. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  18. 1.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  19. 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
  20. 1 miTurn right, heading N.
  21. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  22. 1.6 miTurn right, heading N.
  23. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
  24. 450 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/wheaton-pond-frog-swamp-out-back-19-km

Trail surface

88% paved12% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 7:05 AMSunset 7:04 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.1 mi in (~54 min). Leave by 5:50 PM for the 7:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:10 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Yankee Drive stop 254 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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