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Minnehaha Park
The park is on Minnehaha Pkwy. in south Minneapolis, near the Mississippi River. Take Hwy. 62 or 94 or 35W to the Hwy. 55 (Hiawatha Ave.) exit. Continue north, south, or south, respectively, on Hiawatha to 46th St. Continue east to Minnehaha Ave. (the first light), and turn right, then turn left at Godfrey Pkwy. (at the traffic circle). Our gathering spot will be on your right. There’s a pay lot there ($2.00 per hour), and free parking on the nearby streets.
Routes
Minnehaha Park: Lake Harriet loop
Lake Harriet loop
1.43/2.86 – Bridge over creek at Lake Hiawatha
1.67/3.34 – Nokomis Community Center
2.22/4.44 – Cedar Ave.
2.35/4.70 – 17th Ave.
2.52/5.04 – Bloomington Ave.
Water stops #1, #4 12th Ave.
3.08/6.16 – Chicago Ave.
3.46/6.92 – 50th Ave. crossing
3.89/7.78 – Stevens Ave.
4.04/8.08 – Nicollet Ave.
4.71/9.42 – Lyndale Ave.
5.35/10.70 – Trails meet near Community Center/50th St.
5.77/11.54 – Crossing to Lake Harriet (Water stops #2, #3 near Port-a-Potty)
6.00/12.00 – Left to Morgan Ave.
14.35 – Around Lake Harriet
Pike Island
Note: Route map doesn't show detour to water stop. Subsequent mileages are likely higher than listed below.
2.46 – Road crossing before park entrance and back
5.02 – Hwy. 5 and back
5.48 – Trail to Fort Snelling and back
6.00 – Visitor Center parking lot (WS #1, WS #2)
~7.00 – First Pike Island crossing
~8.00 – Second Pike Island crossing
8.95 – Full loop
9.63 – Full loop + Lock & Dam #1 parking lot and back
10.79 – Full loop + east to 42nd St. and back
11.89 – Full loop + east to 38th St. and back
13.07 – Full loop + east to 34th St. and back
13.26 – Full loop + Snelling Lake extension and back
14.05 – Full loop + east to Lake St. bridge and back
Snelling Lake Extension – 3.31 miles
TC 15
The train run: we'll take the light rail downtown (or pack everyone in the water stop vehicles) and run the first 15 miles of the Twin Cities Marathon course. If you want to run a shorter distance, you can catch a ride to a waterstop to begin, or from a waterstop to the end of the run.
We'll have water stops approximately every 2.5 miles, so it's easy to accommodate 2.5, 5, 7.5, 10, or 12.5 miles, in addition to the full route of 15 miles. If you want to go a different distance, we'll be ready with a plan that allows you to do that. You can also go straight along Minnehaha Ave. rather than going around Lake Nokomis, which, by our estimate, cuts out 2.33 miles.