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Elm Creek Park Reserve

Medicine Lake Regional Trail

4.5 mi · ▲ 56 ft · 1 hr 32 min

Medicine Lake Regional Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Elm Creek Park Reserve near Champlin, MN. It is mostly level, with 56 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi886 – 938 ft5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 45.15950, -93.46505
Nearest town Champlin, MN
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Medicine Lake Regional Trail

4.5 mi · ▲ 56 ft · 1 hr 32 min

Elevation 885–940 ft

Out & Back · Elm Creek Park Reserve

Trailhead: 45.15950, -93.46505

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  3. 0.2 miSharp right, heading SW.
  4. 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
  5. 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
  6. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  7. 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
  8. 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
  9. 0.2 miSharp right, heading S.
  10. 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
  11. 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  12. 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
  13. 250 ftSharp right onto Medicine Lake Regional Trail, heading S.
  14. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  15. 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
  16. 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
  17. 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
  18. 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
  19. 350 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  20. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  21. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  22. 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
  23. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  24. 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
  25. 0.4 miSharp left, heading N.
  26. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  27. 350 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-7-km-1bae

Trail surface

89% paved6% grass5% boardwalk

Weather

Sunrise 6:59 AMSunset 7:17 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~25 min). Leave by 6:32 PM for the 7:17 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:58 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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