Cleary Lake–Cleary Lake Regional Park Beach, 4 sights
5.7 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 55 min
Cleary Lake–Cleary Lake Regional Park Beach, 4 sights is a 5.7-mile out-and-back in Cleary Lake Regional Park near Prior Lake, MN. The route passes Cleary Lake, Cleary Lake Regional Park Beach and Cleary Lake Regional Park Beach. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Cleary Lake–Cleary Lake Regional Park Beach, 4 sights
5.7 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 55 min
Out & Back · Cleary Lake Regional Park
Trailhead: Big Woods Regional Trail · 44.70505, -93.40646
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:15 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Cleary Lake, heading SE.
- 1.6 miPass Cleary Lake.
- 0.6 miPass Cleary Lake Regional Park Beach.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Lakeside Trail, heading S.
- 1.1 miSharp left onto Poplar Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Cleary Lake, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Park Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Cleary Lake, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Cleary Lake Regional Park Beach.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Park Road, heading E.
- 150 ftBear right onto Cleary Lake, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Big Woods Regional Trail, heading NE.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Cleary Lake, heading W.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Big Woods Regional Trail Trailhead
- Lake Marion–Cleary Lake, 3 lakes 13.6 mi · ▲ 220 ft
- Cleary Lake–Cleary Lake Regional Park Beach, 3 beaches 4.8 mi · ▲ 27 ft
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