Lake Camelot via Medicine Lake Regional Trail
13.3 mi · ▲ 302 ft · 4 hr 35 min
Lake Camelot via Medicine Lake Regional Trail is a 13.3-mile out-and-back in Lake Camelot Park near Hamel, MN. The route reaches Lake Camelot. It climbs 302 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Lake Camelot via Medicine Lake Regional Trail
13.3 mi · ▲ 302 ft · 4 hr 35 min
Elevation 918–1,031 ft
Out & Back · Lake Camelot Park
Trailhead: 45.05257, -93.52019
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:17 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 450 ftBear left, heading E.
- 250 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Medicine Lake Regional Trail, heading E.
- 0.8 miPass Lake Camelot.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 350 ftReach Lake Camelot, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
- 250 ftBear right, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 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 surface
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.7 mi in (~120 min). Leave by 4:58 PM for the 7:17 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:31 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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