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Bunker Hills Regional Park

McKay Lake via Prairie Oaks Trail

3.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 16 min

McKay Lake via Prairie Oaks Trail is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Bunker Hills Regional Park near Northdale, MN. The route reaches McKay Lake at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi879 – 922 ft4.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 45.20080, -93.30624
Nearest town Northdale, MN
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McKay Lake via Prairie Oaks Trail

3.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 16 min

Elevation 880–923 ft

Out & Back · Bunker Hills Regional Park

Trailhead: 45.20080, -93.30624

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:17 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Prairie Oaks Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  5. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  6. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  7. 100 ftBear left, heading E.
  8. 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
  9. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  10. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  11. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  12. 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  13. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  14. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  16. 50 ftReach McKay Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  18. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  19. 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  20. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  21. 300 ftBear left, heading SE.
  22. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  23. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  24. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  25. 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
  26. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  27. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  28. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
  29. 0.6 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/mckay-lake-out-back-6-km

Trail surface

77% paved1% dirt22% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:59 AMSunset 7:17 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:56 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:17 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:46 PM.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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