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Elm Creek Park Reserve

Medicine Lake Regional Trail

10.5 mi · ▲ 285 ft · 3 hr 39 min

Medicine Lake Regional Trail is a 10.5-mile out-and-back in Elm Creek Park Reserve near Osseo, MN. It climbs 285 ft. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi856 – 925 ft11.4 mi

Getting there

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

10.5 mi · ▲ 285 ft · 3 hr 39 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. 350 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  12. 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
  13. 0.9 miTurn left, heading N.
  14. 50 ftBear left onto Monarch Long Loop, heading N.
  15. 200 ftTurn right onto Monarch Trail, heading N.
  16. 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
  17. 500 ftTurn right, heading W.
  18. 200 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  19. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  20. 200 ftSharp left, heading N.
  21. 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
  22. 450 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  23. 1.8 miBear right, heading NE.
  24. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  25. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  26. 1.8 miTurn right, heading SE.
  27. 450 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  28. 450 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  29. 200 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  30. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  31. 200 ftTurn left, heading E.
  32. 0.2 miTurn left onto Monarch Long Loop, heading SE.
  33. 250 ftBear right, heading S.
  34. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  35. 0.9 miBear right, heading S.
  36. 0.3 miSharp right, heading S.
  37. 350 ftBear left, heading S.
  38. 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
  39. 350 ftSharp right onto Medicine Lake Regional Trail, heading S.
  40. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  41. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  42. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  43. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  44. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  45. 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
  46. 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-17-km-54a6

Trail surface

43% grass38% paved10% gravel9% dirt

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 4.6 mi in (~115 min). Leave by 4:59 PM for the 7:13 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:24 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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