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Gale Woods Farm

Lake Flanagan via Dakota Rail Regional Trail

15.1 mi · ▲ 89 ft · 5 hr 5 min

Lake Flanagan via Dakota Rail Regional Trail is a 15.1-mile out-and-back in Gale Woods Farm near Maple, MN. The route passes Lake Flanagan before reaching Lake Flanagan at the turnaround, 7.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 89 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.88147, -93.81454
Nearest town Maple, MN
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Lake Flanagan via Dakota Rail Regional Trail

15.1 mi · ▲ 89 ft · 5 hr 5 min

Out & Back · Gale Woods Farm

Trailhead: 44.88147, -93.81454

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:17 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Dakota Rail Regional Trail, heading E.
  3. 6.5 miSharp left, heading NE.
  4. 0.5 miPass Lake Flanagan.
  5. 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
  6. 0.1 miReach Lake Flanagan, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  8. 0.9 miSharp right onto Dakota Rail Regional Trail;Baker-Carver Regional Trail, heading SW.
  9. 3.2 miContinue straight onto Dakota Rail Regional Trail, heading SW.
  10. 3.2 miArrive 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/lake-flanagan-lake-flanagan-out-back

Trail surface

88% paved11% gravel1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:02 AMSunset 7:17 PM

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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