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Six Mile Marsh

Halstead's Bay & Saunders Lake via Dakota Rail Regional Trail

10.3 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 3 hr 28 min

Halstead's Bay & Saunders Lake via Dakota Rail Regional Trail is a 10.3-mile out-and-back in Six Mile Marsh near Saint Bonifacius, MN. The route passes Saunders Lake before reaching Halstead's Bay at the turnaround, 5.2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 81 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.89393, -93.75550
Nearest town Saint Bonifacius, MN
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Halstead's Bay & Saunders Lake via Dakota Rail Regional Trail

10.3 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 3 hr 28 min

Out & Back · Six Mile Marsh

Trailhead: 44.89393, -93.75550

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:16 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 350 ftTurn left onto Dakota Rail Regional Trail, heading NE.
  3. 4.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  4. 0.4 miPass Saunders Lake.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  6. 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  8. 0.3 miReach Halstead's Bay, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  10. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  11. 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  12. 0.5 miTurn left onto Dakota Rail Regional Trail;Baker-Carver Regional Trail, heading N.
  13. 4.1 miContinue straight onto Dakota Rail Regional Trail, heading SW.
  14. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  15. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/halsteads-bay-saunders-lake-out-back-3-lakes-17-km-5abb

Trail surface

100% paved

Weather

Sunrise 7:02 AMSunset 7:16 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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