Lake Camelot Park

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.

Elevation

0 mi919 – 1,030 ft14.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 45.05257, -93.52019
Nearest town Hamel, MN

Directions

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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 200 ftTurn right, heading S.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  4. 0.9 miTurn right, heading N.
  5. 0.8 miBear right, heading E.
  6. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  11. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  12. 450 ftBear left, heading E.
  13. 250 ftBear right, heading SE.
  14. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  16. 500 ftTurn right, heading E.
  17. 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  18. 1 miTurn left, heading S.
  19. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  20. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  21. 0.7 miTurn left, heading E.
  22. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  23. 0.2 miTurn left onto Medicine Lake Regional Trail, heading E.
  24. 0.8 miPass Lake Camelot.
  25. 400 ftTurn right, heading N.
  26. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  27. 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  28. 250 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  29. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  30. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  31. 350 ftReach Lake Camelot, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  32. 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
  33. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  34. 0.2 miSharp left, heading E.
  35. 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
  36. 400 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  37. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  38. 0.9 miTurn right, heading SE.
  39. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  40. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  41. 0.7 miTurn right, heading W.
  42. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  43. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  44. 1 miTurn left, heading N.
  45. 300 ftTurn left, heading N.
  46. 500 ftTurn left, heading N.
  47. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  48. 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
  49. 250 ftBear right, heading N.
  50. 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
  51. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  52. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  53. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  54. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  55. 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
  56. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  57. 0.9 miTurn left, heading N.
  58. 0.9 miTurn left, heading W.
  59. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  60. 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

95% paved4% boardwalk1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:59 AMSunset 7:17 PM

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.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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