Lake Virginia & Tamarack Lake via Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail
5 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 1 hr 42 min
Lake Virginia & Tamarack Lake via Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back in Freeman Park near Eureka, MN. The route passes Lake Virginia before reaching Tamarack Lake at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 81 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Lake Virginia & Tamarack Lake via Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail
5 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 1 hr 42 min
Elevation 941–1,019 ft
Out & Back · Freeman Park
Trailhead: 44.89540, -93.60406
Weather Sep 23: sunrise 7:03 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail, heading SW.
- 1 miPass Lake Virginia.
- 0.8 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miPass Tamarack Lake.
- 200 ftReach Lake Virginia, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miArrive 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 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 6:49 PM for the 7:12 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:29 PM — 12 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Schutz Lake–Lake Virginia, 5 lakes 13.9 mi · ▲ 187 ft
- Galpin Lake–College Lake, 4 lakes 5.9 mi · ▲ 27 ft
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