Elm Creek Park Reserve

Medicine Lake Regional Trail

5.5 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 1 hr 52 min

Medicine Lake Regional Trail is a 5.5-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 – 942 ft6.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 45.15877, -93.46999
Nearest town Fletcher, MN

Directions

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Medicine Lake Regional Trail

5.5 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 1 hr 52 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 left, heading S.
  10. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  12. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  13. 500 ftBear left, heading E.
  14. 150 ftTurn right onto Medicine Lake Regional Trail, heading E.
  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. 50 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 N.
  25. 0.4 miSharp left, heading N.
  26. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  27. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  28. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  29. 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 surface

95% paved5% grass

Weather

Sunrise 6:59 AMSunset 7:17 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.5 mi in (~37 min). Leave by 6:20 PM for the 7:17 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:10 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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