Fish Lake & Fish Lake Regional Park Beach via Medicine Lake Regional Trail
9.1 mi · ▲ 222 ft · 3 hr 9 min
Fish Lake & Fish Lake Regional Park Beach via Medicine Lake Regional Trail is a 9.1-mile out-and-back in Fish Lake Regional Park near Osseo, MN. The route passes Fish Lake and Fish Lake Regional Park Beach before reaching Fish Lake Regional Park Beach at the turnaround, 4.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 222 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Fish Lake & Fish Lake Regional Park Beach via Medicine Lake Regional Trail
9.1 mi · ▲ 222 ft · 3 hr 9 min
Elevation 895–984 ft
Out & Back · Fish Lake Regional Park
Trailhead: 45.12917, -93.44488
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:15 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 1.7 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miPass Fish Lake.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Fish Lake West Trail, heading W.
- 250 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Medicine Lake Regional Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miPass Fish Lake Regional Park Beach.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 100 ftPass Fish Lake Regional Park Beach.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftReach Fish Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Fish Lake West Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 1.7 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 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 0.7 mi in (~17 min). Leave by 6:38 PM for the 7:15 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:46 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Medicine Lake Regional Trail 9 mi · ▲ 260 ft
- Medicine Lake Regional Trail 9.5 mi · ▲ 207 ft
- North Arbor Lake & Teal Lake 4.6 mi · ▲ 57 ft
- Fish Lake & Teal Lake 4.3 mi · ▲ 53 ft
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