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Elm Creek Park Reserve

Elm Creek Swim Pond & Medicine Lake Regional Trail

4 mi · ▲ 107 ft · 1 hr 23 min

Elm Creek Swim Pond & Medicine Lake Regional Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back in Elm Creek Park Reserve near Osseo, MN. The route reaches Elm Creek Swim Pond at the turnaround, 2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 107 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi876 – 932 ft4.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 45.12103, -93.44921
Nearest town Osseo, MN
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Elm Creek Swim Pond & Medicine Lake Regional Trail

4 mi · ▲ 107 ft · 1 hr 23 min

Elevation 876–932 ft

Out & Back · Elm Creek Park Reserve

Trailhead: 45.12103, -93.44921

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:17 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
  3. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right onto Medicine Lake Regional Trail, heading N.
  6. 0.6 miBear right onto Valley Trail, heading NE.
  7. 350 ftBear left, heading NE.
  8. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  9. 100 ftReach Elm Creek Swim Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
  11. 350 ftBear left onto Medicine Lake Regional Trail, heading W.
  12. 0.6 miTurn left, heading SW.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  14. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  16. 0.3 miArrive 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/elm-creek-swim-pond-elm-creek-swim-pond-out-back-3-lakes-6-km

Trail surface

99% paved1% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:59 AMSunset 7:17 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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