Spring Lake Regional Park

Arctic Lake & Howard Lake Road via Spring Lake Regional Trail

5.3 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 1 hr 48 min

Arctic Lake & Howard Lake Road via Spring Lake Regional Trail is a 5.3-mile out-and-back in Spring Lake Regional Park near Spring Lake, MN. The route reaches Arctic Lake at the turnaround, 2.6 miles in. It is mostly level, with 81 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi912 – 997 ft5.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.71096, -93.47988
Nearest town Spring Lake, MN

Directions

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Arctic Lake & Howard Lake Road via Spring Lake Regional Trail

5.3 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 1 hr 48 min

Elevation 910–999 ft

Out & Back · Spring Lake Regional Park

Trailhead: 44.71096, -93.47988

Weather Sep 23: sunrise 7:03 AM · sunset 7:11 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 300 ftTurn left, heading N.
  3. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  5. 0.2 miSharp left, heading E.
  6. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  7. 350 ftTurn left onto Spring Lake Regional Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.7 miReach Arctic Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
  10. 0.2 miPass Arctic Lake.
  11. 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
  12. 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
  13. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  14. 0.1 miTurn right onto Howard Lake Road, heading SW.
  15. 150 ftBear left, heading W.
  16. 0.1 miSharp right, heading W.
  17. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  18. 0.2 miTurn right onto Spring Lake Regional Trail, heading E.
  19. 450 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  20. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  21. 350 ftSharp right, heading N.
  22. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  23. 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
  24. 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
  25. 200 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

88% paved9% gravel3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:03 AMSunset 7:11 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~7 min). Leave by 6:44 PM for the 7:11 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:34 PM — 7 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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