Fish Lake Regional Park Beach via Medicine Lake Regional Trail
14 mi · ▲ 222 ft · 4 hr 47 min
Fish Lake Regional Park Beach via Medicine Lake Regional Trail is a 14-mile out-and-back in Fish Lake Regional Park near Hamel, MN. The route reaches Fish Lake Regional Park Beach at the turnaround, 6.9 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 Regional Park Beach via Medicine Lake Regional Trail
14 mi · ▲ 222 ft · 4 hr 47 min
Elevation 913–1,042 ft
Out & Back · Fish Lake Regional Park
Trailhead: 45.04046, -93.52368
Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:13 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 1.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading N.
- 100 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Medicine Lake Regional Trail, heading N.
- 350 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 300 ftReach Fish Lake Regional Park Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading W.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 1.4 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.6 mi in (~63 min). Leave by 5:50 PM for the 7:13 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:32 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Fish Lake West Trail 15.2 mi · ▲ 280 ft
- Fish Lake West Trail 15 mi · ▲ 300 ft
- Fish Lake West Trail 15.3 mi · ▲ 280 ft
- Medicine Lake Regional Trail 13.6 mi · ▲ 222 ft
- Medicine Lake Regional Trail 13.4 mi · ▲ 246 ft
- Medicine Lake Regional Trail 12.3 mi · ▲ 135 ft
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