Keller Lake & Spoon Lake via Gateway State Trail
3.7 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 15 min
Keller Lake & Spoon Lake via Gateway State Trail is a 3.7-mile out-and-back in Keller Park near Gladstone, MN. The route passes Keller Lake before reaching Spoon Lake at the turnaround, 1.8 miles in. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Keller Lake & Spoon Lake via Gateway State Trail
3.7 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 15 min
Elevation 858–924 ft
Out & Back · Keller Park
Trailhead: 45.00103, -93.03960
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:13 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Transit-accessible: Barclay St stop 606 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 300 ftSharp left onto Gateway State Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Bruce Vento Regional Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.7 miPass Keller Lake.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miReach Keller Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftPass Spoon Lake.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Gateway State Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 300 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 0.9 mi in (~21 min). Leave by 6:32 PM for the 7:13 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:50 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Transit-accessible: Barclay St stop 606 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Bruce Vento Regional Trail 5.7 mi · ▲ 110 ft
- Bruce Vento Regional Trail 6.4 mi · ▲ 192 ft
- Gateway State Trail 5.2 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Thunder Bay - Westwinds Park Sunset Point & Thunder Bay - Westwinds Park Trail via Bruce Vento Regional Trail 6.7 mi · ▲ 221 ft
- Beam Pond (Markham) via Bruce Vento Regional Trail 5.1 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- North Knucklehead & South Knucklehead via Gateway State Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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