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Hopkins Water Tower – Nine Mile Creek Regional Trail loop from Downtown Hopkins

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Hopkins Water Tower – Nine Mile Creek Regional Trail loop from Downtown Hopkins

Easy

4.5

(2429)

18,988

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Hopkins Water Tower – Nine Mile Creek Regional Trail loop from Downtown Hopkins

01:51

28.0km

80m

Cycling

Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 22, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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162 m

Hopkins Water Tower

Highlight • Monument

Welcome to Hopkins along the Minnesota River Bluffs LRT Regional Trail

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2.81 km

Nine Mile Creek Trail – US 169 Underpass and Boardwalk

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Very cool section of this trail that has lots of boardwalks and goes under 169 with a tunnel, that wasn't cheap!

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4.60 km

Walnut Ridge Park

Highlight • Rest Area

What a nice park, near the West end of the Nine Mile Creek Regional Trail, would be a good starting point if you didn't want to start in Hopkins.

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7.29 km

Heights Park Bridge

Highlight (Segment) • Bridge

The bridge is now connected to the paved trail, I didn't get any pictures of this particular wooden walkway, but there are several along this trail.

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7.72 km

Lake Locklear

Highlight • Lake

A pretty water plant covered lake, but another nice bit of water along the trail.

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11.7 km

Nine Mile Creek Regional Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

A great trail through the cities with lots of big board walks, what a great ride!

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14.0 km

Edina Promenade

Highlight • Trail

A nice little area with separate biking and walking lanes with sculptures along the way.

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20.7 km

Nine Mile Creek

Highlight • River

It's definitely a creek, very short across, but burbling along next to the bike path that shares it's name.

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28.0 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

26.3 km

1.11 km

565 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

15.8 km

6.11 km

5.45 km

556 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Tuesday 1 September

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Comments

November 3, 2025,To Hopkins Alice Smith Elementary School from Edina Adams Hill Park via Nine Mile Creek Regional Trail

While I was jiggering my return route, kahoots started me on a route in Poland! So I had to restart this round trip and make this part 2. There you can see the difference a 10 mile an hour wind from the West makes on a route that goes mostly East at the beginning and then on the return comes …

July 2, 2023,Bike Ride on Nine Mile Creek Trail from Valley Park to Fred Richards Park 2023-07-02

This is bike ride #24 on our virtual biking tour o the coast of Britain from Brighton to Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. You can follow our virtual tour at komoot.com/collection/2135739/-virtual-biking-tour-cycling-the-coast-of-britain-brighton-england-to-pembrokeshire-coast-national-park-wales. You can see a komoot collection of all our Virtual Biking Tours completed so far at this link: komoot.com/collection/1791709/-collection-of-our-virtual-biking-tours.

July 19, 2023,Bike Ride on Nine Mile Creek Trail 2023-07-19

This is bike ride #40 on our virtual biking tour o the coast of Britain from Brighton to Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. You can follow our virtual tour at komoot.com/collection/2135739/-virtual-biking-tour-cycling-the-coast-of-britain-brighton-england-to-pembrokeshire-coast-national-park-wales. You can see a komoot collection of all our Virtual Biking Tours completed so far at this link: komoot.com/collection/1791709/-collection-of-our-virtual-biking-tours.

November 3, 2025,Hopkins Alice Smith Elementary School to Edina Adams Hill Park via Nine Mile Creek Regional Trail

A fine crisp autumn day for an urban trail ride. This was my first time on 9 Mile Creek trail. Very very nice. I don't think I've ever ridden on such a long set of boardwalk trails through wetlands. Never expected that!

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Hopkins Water Tower – Nine Mile Creek Regional Trail loop from Downtown Hopkins

Hopkins Water Tower

Nine Mile Creek Trail – US 169 Underpass and Boardwalk

Walnut Ridge Park

Heights Park Bridge

Lake Locklear

Nine Mile Creek Regional Trail

Edina Promenade

Nine Mile Creek

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