Medicine Lake Regional Trail
5.6 mi · ▲ 135 ft · 1 hr 56 min
Medicine Lake Regional Trail is a 5.6-mile out-and-back in Elm Creek Park Reserve near Fletcher, MN. It is mostly level, with 135 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
5.6 mi · ▲ 135 ft · 1 hr 56 min
Elevation 885–942 ft
Out & Back · Elm Creek Park Reserve
Trailhead: 45.15343, -93.48288
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:17 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 500 ftBear left, heading S.
- 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 W.
- 200 ftBear right, heading W.
- 450 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 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 left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.5 miArrive 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 1.6 mi in (~40 min). Leave by 6:17 PM for the 7:17 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:13 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Medicine Lake Regional Trail 5.5 mi · ▲ 55 ft
- Sumac Trail 5.8 mi · ▲ 83 ft
- Sumac Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Sumac Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Sumac Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Sumac Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 54 ft
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