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Fish Lake & Weaver Lake Park Beach via Medicine Lake Regional Trail

4.5 mi · ▲ 84 ft · 1 hr 33 min

Fish Lake & Weaver Lake Park Beach via Medicine Lake Regional Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back near Maple Grove, MN. The route passes Weaver Lake Park Beach before reaching Fish Lake at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 84 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi896 – 961 ft5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 45.12162, -93.49216
Nearest town Maple Grove, MN
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Fish Lake & Weaver Lake Park Beach via Medicine Lake Regional Trail

4.5 mi · ▲ 84 ft · 1 hr 33 min

Elevation 895–963 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 45.12162, -93.49216

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:15 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.8 miPass Weaver Lake Park Beach.
  3. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  4. 0.5 miTurn right onto Medicine Lake Regional Trail, heading SE.
  5. 150 ftSharp left, heading S.
  6. 100 ftBear right, heading SW.
  7. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
  8. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  9. 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
  10. 100 ftContinue straight onto Fish Lake West Trail, heading E.
  11. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  12. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  13. 200 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  14. 50 ftReach Fish Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  16. 200 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  17. 300 ftBear left, heading NE.
  18. 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
  19. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  20. 0.5 miBear left, heading NW.
  21. 50 ftSharp right onto Medicine Lake Regional Trail, heading NW.
  22. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  23. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
  24. 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/fish-lake-weaver-lake-park-beach-out-back-3-beaches

Trail surface

98% paved2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:15 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.6 mi in (~16 min). Leave by 6:39 PM for the 7:15 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:46 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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