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Medicine Lake & Medicine Lake Path via Luce Line Regional Trail

4.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 36 min

Medicine Lake & Medicine Lake Path via Luce Line Regional Trail is a 4.8-mile out-and-back near Medicine Lake, MN. The route reaches Medicine Lake. 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 mi889 – 909 ft5.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Luce Line Regional Trail 44.98956, -93.38183
Nearest town Medicine Lake, MN
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Medicine Lake & Medicine Lake Path via Luce Line Regional Trail

4.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 36 min

Elevation 888–910 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Luce Line Regional Trail · 44.98956, -93.38183

Weather Sep 26: sunrise 7:06 AM · sunset 7:05 PM

Transit-accessible: 10 Av N stop 101 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Luce Line Regional Trail, heading NW.
  2. 1.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  3. 150 ftPass Medicine Lake.
  4. 0.9 miBear right onto Medicine Lake Path, heading W.
  5. 0.4 miReach Medicine Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.4 miBear left onto Luce Line Regional Trail, heading S.
  7. 0.9 miTurn right, heading E.
  8. 0.9 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/medicine-lake-medicine-lake-path-out-back-8-km-b4ee

Trail surface

82% paved15% boardwalk2% gravel1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:06 AMSunset 7:05 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.6 mi in (~15 min). Leave by 6:30 PM for the 7:05 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:36 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: 10 Av N stop 101 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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