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Elm Creek Park Reserve

Medicine Lake Regional Trail

5.4 mi · ▲ 107 ft · 1 hr 51 min

Medicine Lake Regional Trail is a 5.4-mile out-and-back in Elm Creek Park Reserve near Fletcher, 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 – 942 ft6.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 45.15877, -93.46999
Nearest town Fletcher, MN
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Medicine Lake Regional Trail

5.4 mi · ▲ 107 ft · 1 hr 51 min

Elevation 885–941 ft

Out & Back · Elm Creek Park Reserve

Trailhead: 45.15877, -93.46999

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  3. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  5. 0.2 miSharp right, heading E.
  6. 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
  7. 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
  8. 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  9. 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
  10. 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
  11. 0.2 miSharp right, heading SW.
  12. 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
  13. 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
  14. 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
  15. 250 ftSharp right onto Medicine Lake Regional Trail, heading NW.
  16. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  17. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SE.
  18. 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
  19. 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
  20. 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
  21. 350 ftSharp left, heading E.
  22. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  23. 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  24. 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
  25. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  26. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  27. 0.4 miSharp left, heading N.
  28. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  29. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  30. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  31. 0.2 miArrive 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-9-km-28ca

Trail surface

91% paved5% grass4% boardwalk

Weather

Sunrise 6:59 AMSunset 7:17 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.5 mi in (~38 min). Leave by 6:20 PM for the 7:17 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:11 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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