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Elm Creek Park Reserve

Medicine Lake Regional Trail

4.8 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 1 hr 38 min

Medicine Lake Regional Trail is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Elm Creek Park Reserve near Fletcher, MN. It is mostly level, with 80 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi886 – 938 ft5.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 45.15706, -93.47033
Nearest town Fletcher, MN
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Medicine Lake Regional Trail

4.8 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 1 hr 38 min

Elevation 885–938 ft

Out & Back · Elm Creek Park Reserve

Trailhead: 45.15706, -93.47033

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  5. 0.2 miSharp right, heading SE.
  6. 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
  7. 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
  8. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  9. 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
  10. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  12. 100 ftBear right, heading S.
  13. 450 ftBear left, heading E.
  14. 200 ftTurn right onto Medicine Lake Regional Trail, heading SE.
  15. 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  16. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  17. 200 ftBear right, heading W.
  18. 450 ftBear left, heading E.
  19. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  20. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  21. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  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 left, heading N.
  27. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  28. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  29. 100 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/medicine-lake-regional-trail-out-back-8-km-0836

Trail surface

95% paved5% grass

Weather

Sunrise 6:59 AMSunset 7:17 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~28 min). Leave by 6:29 PM for the 7:17 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:01 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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