1. Start on Midtown Corridor, heading W.
2. 50 ftPass Bde Maka Ska Park Beach.
3. 150 ftContinue straight onto Midtown Greenway, heading W.
4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Midtown Corridor, heading W.
5. 0.2 miPass Lake of the Isles.
6. 50 ftPass Lake of the Isles Lagoon and Channel.
7. 0.1 miPass Bde Maka Ska North Beach.
8. 50 ftPass Bde Maka Ska.
9. 0.4 miPass Cedar Lake South Beach.
10. 250 ftContinue straight onto Midtown Greenway, heading W.
11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Midtown Corridor, heading W.
12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Midtown Greenway, heading W.
13. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
14. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
15. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Cedar Lake LRT Regional Trail, heading SW.
16. 2.1 miBear right, heading SW.
17. 50 ftPass South Oak Lake.
18. 300 ftTurn right, heading SW.
19. 350 ftTurn left, heading SW.
20. 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
21. 0.5 miPass Minnehaha Creek.
22. 1.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
23. 50 ftTurn left onto Minnesota River Bluffs LRT Regional Trail, heading SW.
24. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
25. 1.2 miTurn right, heading W.
26. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
27. 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
28. 0.3 miPass Shady Oak Lake.
29. 50 ftPass Shady Oak Beach.
30. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
31. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
32. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
33. 0.4 miPass Lone Lake.
34. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
35. 400 ftTurn left, heading S.
36. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lone Lake Mountain Bike Trail, heading S.
37. 350 ftBear left, heading S.
38. 200 ftTurn right, heading S.
39. 0.3 miTurn left onto Big Hill/Lake Trail, heading S.
40. 400 ftTurn left onto South Leg, heading S.
41. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
42. 50 ftTurn left onto Lone Lake Mountain Bike Trail, heading S.
43. 50 ftReach Bde Maka Ska, then turn around and head back the way you came.
44. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
45. 50 ftTurn left onto South Leg, heading SE.
46. 0.2 miTurn right onto Big Hill/Lake Trail, heading SE.
47. 400 ftTurn right, heading SE.
48. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lone Lake Mountain Bike Trail, heading SE.
49. 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
50. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
51. 100 ftBear left, heading W.
52. 500 ftTurn right, heading NW.
53. 400 ftTurn left, heading N.
54. 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
55. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
56. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
57. 0.4 miSharp left, heading SE.
58. 50 ftTurn left onto Minnesota River Bluffs LRT Regional Trail, heading SE.
59. 1.4 miTurn right, heading N.
60. 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
61. 50 ftContinue straight onto Cedar Lake LRT Regional Trail, heading NE.
62. 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
63. 1 miTurn left, heading E.
64. 400 ftTurn right, heading E.
65. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
66. 350 ftTurn left, heading NE.
67. 2.4 miContinue straight onto Midtown Greenway, heading NE.
68. 200 ftTurn left, heading NE.
69. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
70. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Midtown Corridor, heading NE.
71. 100 ftContinue straight onto Midtown Greenway, heading NE.
72. 50 ftContinue straight onto Midtown Corridor, heading NE.
73. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Midtown Greenway, heading NE.
74. 50 ftContinue straight onto Midtown Corridor, heading NE.
75. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/bde-maka-ska-lake-of-the-isles-out-back-23-lakes-26-km