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Hames Way Pond & Round Lake Beach via Donahue Drive

13.2 mi · ▲ 251 ft · 4 hr 32 min

Hames Way Pond & Round Lake Beach via Donahue Drive is a 13.2-mile out-and-back near Shorewood, MN. The route passes Hames Way Pond before reaching Round Lake Beach at the turnaround, 6.6 miles in. It climbs 251 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi873 – 1,034 ft14.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.88845, -93.58150
Nearest town Shorewood, MN
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Hames Way Pond & Round Lake Beach via Donahue Drive

13.2 mi · ▲ 251 ft · 4 hr 32 min

Elevation 874–1,033 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 44.88845, -93.58150

Weather Sep 23: sunrise 7:03 AM · sunset 7:12 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftContinue straight onto Donahue Drive, heading S.
  3. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  5. 0.6 miBear right, heading E.
  6. 1.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  7. 1.5 miTurn left, heading S.
  8. 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
  9. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  10. 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
  11. 0.4 miSharp right, heading E.
  12. 450 ftTurn left, heading E.
  13. 0.9 miTurn left, heading SE.
  14. 0.9 miPass Round Lake Beach.
  15. 500 ftReach Hames Way Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 1 miTurn right, heading S.
  17. 1 miTurn right, heading W.
  18. 400 ftSharp left, heading W.
  19. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  20. 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
  21. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  22. 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
  23. 1.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  24. 1.2 miBear left, heading W.
  25. 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
  26. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/hames-way-pond-hames-way-pond-out-back-3-lakes-22-km-0c72

Trail surface

98% paved2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:03 AMSunset 7:12 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 6:50 PM for the 7:12 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:29 PM — 12 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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