Galaxie Park Lake
13.8 mi · ▲ 194 ft · 4 hr 42 min
Galaxie Park Lake is a 13.8-mile out-and-back near Rich Valley, MN. The route reaches Galaxie Park Lake at the turnaround, 6.9 miles in. It is mostly level, with 194 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Galaxie Park Lake
13.8 mi · ▲ 194 ft · 4 hr 42 min
Elevation 923–1,003 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 44.74469, -93.08258
Weather Sep 24: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:08 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 3.7 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 2.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miReach Galaxie Park Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 2.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 3.7 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.5 mi in (~89 min). Leave by 5:19 PM for the 7:08 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:50 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Geronime Pond 12.6 mi · ▲ 112 ft
- Wachter Lake & Geronime Pond 12.2 mi · ▲ 112 ft
- Innisfree Lake 9.5 mi · ▲ 138 ft
- Erickson Pond 7.1 mi · ▲ 85 ft
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