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Elm Creek Park Reserve

Medicine Lake Regional Trail

3.1 mi · ▲ 30 ft · 1 hr 3 min

Medicine Lake Regional Trail is a 3.1-mile out-and-back in Elm Creek Park Reserve near Osseo, MN. It is mostly level, with 30 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi883 – 938 ft3.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 45.14922, -93.45943
Nearest town Osseo, MN
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Medicine Lake Regional Trail

3.1 mi · ▲ 30 ft · 1 hr 3 min

Elevation 884–940 ft

Out & Back · Elm Creek Park Reserve

Trailhead: 45.14922, -93.45943

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

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 450 ftSharp left, heading S.
  3. 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
  4. 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  5. 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
  6. 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
  7. 0.2 miSharp right, heading S.
  8. 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  9. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
  10. 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
  11. 250 ftSharp right onto Medicine Lake Regional Trail, heading S.
  12. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  13. 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
  14. 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
  15. 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
  16. 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
  17. 350 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  18. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  19. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  20. 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
  21. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  22. 0.3 miSharp right, heading N.
  23. 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-5-km-7d82

Trail surface

78% paved8% grass8% boardwalk5% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:59 AMSunset 7:17 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~9 min). Leave by 6:48 PM for the 7:17 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:40 PM — 7 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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