Goose Lake & Birch Lake via Mark Sather Trail
3.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 18 min
Goose Lake & Birch Lake via Mark Sather Trail is a 3.9-mile out-and-back near Lake Shore Park, MN. The route passes Goose Lake and Birch Lake. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Goose Lake & Birch Lake via Mark Sather Trail
3.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 18 min
Elevation 923–938 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 45.07365, -93.01794
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:15 PM
Transit-accessible: Hwy 61 stop 195 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Goose Lake.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Mark Sather Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 1 miPass Birch Lake.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftReach Goose Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 1.6 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 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 0.4 mi in (~9 min). Leave by 6:46 PM for the 7:15 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:39 PM — 5 min before dark.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Hwy 61 stop 195 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Goose Lake–Birch Lake, 3 lakes 8.2 mi · ▲ 53 ft
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