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Gale Woods Farm

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

3.8 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 1 hr 18 min

Halstead's Bay & Saunders Lake via Dakota Rail Regional Trail is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Gale Woods Farm near Minnetrista, MN. The route passes Saunders Lake before reaching Halstead's Bay at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It is mostly level, with 81 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.92758, -93.70529
Nearest town Minnetrista, MN
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Halstead's Bay & Saunders Lake via Dakota Rail Regional Trail

3.8 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 1 hr 18 min

Out & Back · Gale Woods Farm

Trailhead: 44.92758, -93.70529

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:01 AM · sunset 7:16 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.1 miBear left onto Dakota Rail Regional Trail;Baker-Carver Regional Trail, heading NE.
  3. 0.9 miTurn right, heading S.
  4. 0.5 miPass Saunders Lake.
  5. 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
  6. 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  8. 0.3 miReach Halstead's Bay, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  10. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  11. 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  12. 1.4 miBear right, heading SW.
  13. 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-6-km

Trail surface

100% paved

Weather

Sunrise 7:01 AMSunset 7:16 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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