Fish Lake Regional Park Beach via Medicine Lake Regional Trail
8.9 mi · ▲ 218 ft · 3 hr 5 min
Fish Lake Regional Park Beach via Medicine Lake Regional Trail is an 8.9-mile out-and-back in Fish Lake Regional Park near Hamel, MN. The route reaches Fish Lake Regional Park Beach at the turnaround, 4.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 218 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 Regional Park Beach via Medicine Lake Regional Trail
8.9 mi · ▲ 218 ft · 3 hr 5 min
Elevation 913–1,003 ft
Out & Back · Fish Lake Regional Park
Trailhead: 45.04274, -93.52129
Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:13 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Trojan Trail, heading NE.
- 300 ftBear left, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 250 ftBear left, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Medicine Lake Regional Trail, heading NE.
- 350 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftReach Fish Lake Regional Park Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Trojan Trail, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 200 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn 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.
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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.5 mi in (~61 min). Leave by 5:52 PM for the 7:13 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:31 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Trojan Trail 10.2 mi · ▲ 223 ft
- Medicine Lake Regional Trail 7.2 mi · ▲ 161 ft
- Northwood Lake–French Park Beach, 3 beaches 13.5 mi · ▲ 414 ft
- Elm Creek Forest Trail via Medicine Lake Regional Trail 12.7 mi · ▲ 191 ft
- Medicine Lake Regional Trail 6.4 mi · ▲ 161 ft
- Medicine Lake Regional Trail 8.6 mi · ▲ 166 ft
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