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Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge

Buck Lake & Blue Hill Overlook via Blue Hill Trail

2 mi · ▲ 170 ft · 45 min

Buck Lake & Blue Hill Overlook via Blue Hill Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge near Orrock, MN. The route passes Blue Hill Overlook before reaching Buck Lake at the turnaround, 1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 170 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi984 – 1,089 ft2.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Blue Hill Trail 45.49462, -93.71284
Nearest town Orrock, MN
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Buck Lake & Blue Hill Overlook via Blue Hill Trail

2 mi · ▲ 170 ft · 45 min

Elevation 985–1,089 ft

Out & Back · Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge

Trailhead: Blue Hill Trail · 45.49462, -93.71284

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:18 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Blue Hill Trail, heading N.
  2. 450 ftBear left onto Blue Hill Overlook, heading NW.
  3. 0.2 miPass Blue Hill Overlook.
  4. 250 ftTurn left onto Blue Hill Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  6. 0.5 miReach Buck Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.7 miTurn right onto Blue Hill Overlook, heading SE.
  8. 0.3 miBear right onto Blue Hill Trail, heading SE.
  9. 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/buck-lake-blue-hill-overlook-out-back-3-lakes

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:18 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Orrock, Minnesota