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Elm Creek Park Reserve

Medicine Lake Regional Trail

5.5 mi · ▲ 55 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 55 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi886 – 942 ft6.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 45.15343, -93.48288
Nearest town Fletcher, MN
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Medicine Lake Regional Trail

5.5 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 1 hr 52 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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.9 miTurn left, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  4. 0.2 miSharp right, heading E.
  5. 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
  6. 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
  7. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  8. 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
  9. 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
  10. 0.2 miSharp right, heading S.
  11. 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
  12. 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
  13. 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
  14. 250 ftSharp right onto Medicine Lake Regional Trail, heading NW.
  15. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  16. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
  17. 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
  18. 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
  19. 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
  20. 350 ftSharp left, heading E.
  21. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  22. 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  23. 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
  24. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  25. 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
  26. 0.4 miSharp left, heading N.
  27. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  28. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  29. 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.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/medicine-lake-regional-trail-out-back-9-km-ab6e

Trail surface

91% paved5% grass4% boardwalk

Weather

Sunrise 6:59 AMSunset 7:17 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.6 mi in (~41 min). Leave by 6:16 PM for the 7:17 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:14 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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