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.
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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
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 200 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Medicine Lake Regional Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 1.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading S.
- 200 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 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
Weather
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.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
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- French Park Beach & Medicine Lake Regional Trail 16 mi · ▲ 329 ft
- Fish Lake Regional Park Beach–Jaxima Pond, 3 lakes 10.7 mi · ▲ 135 ft
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