Deans Lake–Mystic Lake, 3 lakes
15.3 mi · ▲ 494 ft · 5 hr 21 min
Deans Lake–Mystic Lake, 3 lakes is a 15.3-mile out-and-back in Spring Lake Regional Park near Spring Lake, MN. The route passes Arctic Lake, Arctic Lake and Mystic Lake before reaching Deans Lake at the turnaround, 7.5 miles in. It climbs 494 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 44.71614, -93.47382
Nearest town Spring Lake, MN
Directions
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Deans Lake–Mystic Lake, 3 lakes
15.3 mi · ▲ 494 ft · 5 hr 21 min
Out & Back · Spring Lake Regional Park
Trailhead: 44.71614, -93.47382
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:15 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 450 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Spring Lake Regional Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Arctic Lake.
- 0.3 miPass Arctic Lake.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Big Woods Regional Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
- 1.7 miPass Mystic Lake.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 2.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 100 ftPass Deans Lake.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftReach Deans Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 450 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 2.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 2.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Spring Lake Regional Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 350 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 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
96% paved1% gravel3% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:15 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Upper Prior Lake–Crystal Lake, 3 lakes 9.2 mi · ▲ 213 ft
- Mystic Lake–Arctic Lake, 3 lakes 12.8 mi · ▲ 404 ft
- Spring Lake Regional Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 28 ft
- Spring Lake 1.8 mi · ▲ 111 ft
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