Fargo Pond & Miner Pond via Luce Line State Trail
2 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 41 min
Fargo Pond & Miner Pond via Luce Line State Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back near Long Lake, MN. The route passes Fargo Pond and Miner Pond before reaching Miner Pond at the turnaround, 1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 26 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Fargo Pond & Miner Pond via Luce Line State Trail
2 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 41 min
Elevation 951–998 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 44.98085, -93.54404
Weather Sep 26: sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:06 PM
Transit-accessible: Myrtlewood Rd stop 166 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Luce Line State Trail, heading W.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miPass Fargo Pond.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 350 ftPass Miner Pond.
- 0.2 miPass Miner Pond.
- 150 ftReach Fargo Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
- 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~9 min). Leave by 6:37 PM for the 7:06 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:30 PM — 5 min before dark.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Myrtlewood Rd stop 166 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Donahue Pond & Luce Line State Trail;Baker-Carver Regional Trail 15.5 mi · ▲ 166 ft
- Donahue Pond via Luce Line State Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 30 ft
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