Fish Lake Regional Park

Medicine Lake Regional Trail

10.4 mi · ▲ 139 ft · 3 hr 32 min

Medicine Lake Regional Trail is a 10.4-mile out-and-back in Fish Lake Regional Park near Hamel, MN. It is mostly level, with 139 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi912 – 1,007 ft11.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 45.04457, -93.53147
Nearest town Hamel, MN

Directions

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Medicine Lake Regional Trail

10.4 mi · ▲ 139 ft · 3 hr 32 min

Elevation 913–1,006 ft

Out & Back · Fish Lake Regional Park

Trailhead: 45.04457, -93.53147

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 200 ftBear right, heading SE.
  3. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  4. 0.5 miBear left, heading NE.
  5. 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  6. 0.9 miTurn right, heading N.
  7. 0.9 miBear right, heading E.
  8. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  9. 1.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  10. 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
  11. 400 ftTurn right, heading E.
  12. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  13. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  14. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
  15. 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Medicine Lake Regional Trail, heading SE.
  17. 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  18. 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
  19. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
  20. 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
  21. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  22. 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  23. 400 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  24. 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  25. 1.1 miBear right, heading W.
  26. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  27. 0.8 miTurn left, heading W.
  28. 0.9 miTurn right, heading S.
  29. 200 ftBear right, heading S.
  30. 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
  31. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  32. 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 surface

100% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:59 AMSunset 7:17 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.1 mi in (~77 min). Leave by 5:41 PM for the 7:17 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:51 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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