Elm Creek Forest Trail via Medicine Lake Regional Trail
8 mi · ▲ 108 ft · 2 hr 43 min
Elm Creek Forest Trail via Medicine Lake Regional Trail is an 8-mile out-and-back near Corcoran, MN. It is mostly level, with 108 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Elm Creek Forest Trail via Medicine Lake Regional Trail
8 mi · ▲ 108 ft · 2 hr 43 min
Elevation 894–988 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 45.08269, -93.52074
Weather Sep 22: Mostly clear, high 63°F / low 46° · precip 1% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:13 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Medicine Lake Regional Trail, heading NE.
- 1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Elm Creek Forest Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miReach Elm Creek Forest Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Medicine Lake Regional Trail, heading NW.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 300 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 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
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.6 mi in (~15 min). Leave by 6:39 PM for the 7:13 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:44 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Parkers Lake–Jaxima Pond, 4 lakes 16.1 mi · ▲ 300 ft
- Kreatz Lake–Snyder Lake, 5 lakes 12.6 mi · ▲ 139 ft
- Fish Lake–Fish Lake Regional Park Beach, 6 lakes 7.6 mi · ▲ 163 ft
- Weaver Lake Park Beach 4.6 mi · ▲ 55 ft
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