Medicine Lake Regional Trail
9 mi · ▲ 260 ft · 3 hr 8 min
Medicine Lake Regional Trail is a 9-mile out-and-back in Elm Creek Park Reserve near Osseo, MN. It climbs 260 ft. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi856 – 925 ft10.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 45.12917, -93.44488
Nearest town Osseo, MN
Directions
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Medicine Lake Regional Trail
9 mi · ▲ 260 ft · 3 hr 8 min
Elevation 856–925 ft
Out & Back · Elm Creek Park Reserve
Trailhead: 45.12917, -93.44488
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:15 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Medicine Lake Regional Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Monarch Long Loop, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Monarch Trail, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 200 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading N.
- 1.4 miBear right, heading N.
- 300 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 300 ftBear left, heading E.
- 1.4 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 450 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Monarch Long Loop, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 400 ftSharp right onto Medicine Lake Regional Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
48% paved35% grass11% gravel5% dirt1% boardwalk
Weather
Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:15 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.8 mi in (~97 min). Leave by 5:18 PM for the 7:15 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:07 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Fish Lake & Fish Lake Regional Park Beach via Medicine Lake Regional Trail 9.1 mi · ▲ 222 ft
- Medicine Lake Regional Trail 9.5 mi · ▲ 207 ft
- North Arbor Lake & Teal Lake 4.6 mi · ▲ 57 ft
- Fish Lake & Teal Lake 4.3 mi · ▲ 53 ft
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