Elm Creek Park Reserve

Medicine Lake Regional Trail

10.2 mi · ▲ 273 ft · 3 hr 32 min

Medicine Lake Regional Trail is a 10.2-mile out-and-back in Elm Creek Park Reserve near Osseo, MN. It climbs 273 ft. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi856 – 932 ft11.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 45.12103, -93.44921
Nearest town Osseo, MN

Directions

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Medicine Lake Regional Trail

10.2 mi · ▲ 273 ft · 3 hr 32 min

Elevation 856–932 ft

Out & Back · Elm Creek Park Reserve

Trailhead: 45.12103, -93.44921

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
  3. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right onto Medicine Lake Regional Trail, heading N.
  6. 0.3 miSharp left, heading E.
  7. 400 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  8. 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
  9. 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
  10. 0.7 miBear left, heading N.
  11. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  12. 50 ftBear left onto Monarch Long Loop, heading N.
  13. 250 ftTurn right onto Monarch Trail, heading N.
  14. 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
  15. 450 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  16. 200 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  17. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  18. 200 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  19. 450 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  20. 0.5 miBear left, heading NE.
  21. 1.4 miBear right, heading N.
  22. 300 ftBear left, heading N.
  23. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  24. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  25. 300 ftBear left, heading NE.
  26. 1.4 miBear right, heading S.
  27. 0.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
  28. 450 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  29. 200 ftTurn left, heading S.
  30. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  31. 200 ftTurn left, heading S.
  32. 0.2 miTurn left onto Monarch Long Loop, heading S.
  33. 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
  34. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  35. 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
  36. 0.7 miBear right, heading SW.
  37. 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
  38. 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
  39. 400 ftSharp right onto Medicine Lake Regional Trail, heading S.
  40. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
  41. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  42. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  43. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  44. 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.

Trail surface

54% paved31% grass10% gravel4% dirt1% boardwalk

Weather

Sunrise 6:59 AMSunset 7:17 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.4 mi in (~112 min). Leave by 5:05 PM for the 7:17 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:25 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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