Crane Lake via Minnetonka Loop Trail
4.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Crane Lake via Minnetonka Loop Trail is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Meadow Park near Oak Knoll, MN. The route reaches Crane Lake. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Crane Lake via Minnetonka Loop Trail
4.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Elevation 922–970 ft
Out & Back · Meadow Park
Trailhead: 44.96898, -93.41905
Weather Sep 25: sunrise 7:05 AM · sunset 7:07 PM
Transit-accessible: Wilshire Dr S stop 88 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Crane Lake.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 500 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Minnetonka Loop Trail, heading S.
- 0.8 miReach Crane Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miSharp right, heading N.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:47 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:07 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:37 PM.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Wilshire Dr S stop 88 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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