Medicine Lake Regional Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 108 ft · 1 hr 33 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 108 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
4.5 mi · ▲ 108 ft · 1 hr 33 min
Elevation 885–937 ft
Out & Back · Elm Creek Park Reserve
Trailhead: 45.15950, -93.46505
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:17 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 500 ftBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Medicine Lake Regional Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftBear right, heading E.
- 500 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 300 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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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 7:57 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Medicine Lake Regional Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 56 ft
- Sumac Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Sumac Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Sumac Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Sumac Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 83 ft
- Medicine Lake Regional Trail 6.2 mi · ▲ 84 ft
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