Elm Creek Park Reserve

Medicine Lake Regional Trail

4.3 mi · ▲ 107 ft · 1 hr 29 min

Medicine Lake Regional Trail is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in Elm Creek Park Reserve near Osseo, MN. It is mostly level, with 107 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 45.15357, -93.46300
Nearest town Osseo, MN

Directions

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Medicine Lake Regional Trail

4.3 mi · ▲ 107 ft · 1 hr 29 min

Elevation 885–937 ft

Out & Back · Elm Creek Park Reserve

Trailhead: 45.15357, -93.46300

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right, 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 SW.
  7. 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
  8. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  9. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  10. 100 ftBear right, heading E.
  11. 450 ftBear left, heading SE.
  12. 150 ftTurn right onto Medicine Lake Regional Trail, heading E.
  13. 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  14. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  15. 200 ftBear right, heading E.
  16. 450 ftBear left, heading NE.
  17. 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  18. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  19. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  20. 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
  21. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  22. 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
  23. 0.4 miSharp left, heading N.
  24. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  25. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

94% paved6% grass

Weather

Sunrise 6:59 AMSunset 7:17 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~22 min). Leave by 6:35 PM for the 7:17 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:55 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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