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Elm Creek Park Reserve

Medicine Lake Regional Trail

10 mi · ▲ 312 ft · 3 hr 29 min

Medicine Lake Regional Trail is a 10-mile out-and-back in Elm Creek Park Reserve near Osseo, MN. It climbs 312 ft. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi856 – 925 ft11.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 45.12353, -93.45009
Nearest town Osseo, MN
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Medicine Lake Regional Trail

10 mi · ▲ 312 ft · 3 hr 29 min

Elevation 856–927 ft

Out & Back · Elm Creek Park Reserve

Trailhead: 45.12353, -93.45009

Weather Sep 22: Overcast, high 66°F / low 44° · precip 1% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:13 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  4. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  6. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  7. 0.2 miTurn right onto Medicine Lake Regional Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.3 miSharp left, heading NE.
  9. 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  10. 350 ftBear right, heading NW.
  11. 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
  12. 0.7 miBear left, heading N.
  13. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  14. 50 ftBear left onto Monarch Long Loop, heading N.
  15. 250 ftTurn right onto Monarch Trail, heading N.
  16. 450 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  17. 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
  18. 200 ftTurn left, heading W.
  19. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  20. 200 ftSharp left, heading W.
  21. 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
  22. 0.5 miBear left, heading N.
  23. 1.4 miBear right, heading N.
  24. 300 ftBear left, heading N.
  25. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  26. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  27. 350 ftBear left, heading N.
  28. 1.4 miBear right, heading S.
  29. 0.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
  30. 450 ftSharp right, heading E.
  31. 200 ftTurn left, heading S.
  32. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  33. 200 ftTurn left, heading S.
  34. 0.2 miTurn left onto Monarch Long Loop, heading S.
  35. 200 ftBear right, heading SW.
  36. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  37. 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
  38. 0.7 miBear right, heading S.
  39. 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
  40. 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
  41. 400 ftSharp right onto Medicine Lake Regional Trail, heading S.
  42. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  43. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  44. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  45. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  46. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
  47. 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
  48. 50 ftArrive 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-regional-trail-out-back-16-km-74ab

Trail surface

53% paved32% grass10% gravel4% dirt1% boardwalk

Weather

OvercastTemperature 66°F44°
Precip1%Wind6 mphUV5Humidity67%
Rained 0.6″ 4 days ago
Hourly temperature
70°40°
Sunrise 7:02 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:13 PM
Wed 67°46°
Thu 64°52° 62%
Fri 69°57°
Sat 66°60° 69%
Sun 67°60° 23%
Mon 74°57° 30%

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.3 mi in (~108 min). Leave by 5:05 PM for the 7:13 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:17 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

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