Mount Gilboa–Hyland Lake, 6 sights
4.7 mi · ▲ 359 ft · 1 hr 45 min
Mount Gilboa–Hyland Lake, 6 sights is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Hyland Lake Park Reserve near Atwood, MN. The route passes Mount Gilboa, Frog Pond, Hyland Lake Park Reserve Beach and Hyland Lake. It climbs 359 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Mount Gilboa–Hyland Lake, 6 sights
4.7 mi · ▲ 359 ft · 1 hr 45 min
Elevation 819–1,014 ft
Out & Back · Hyland Lake Park Reserve
Trailhead: 44.84457, -93.36337
Weather Sep 24: sunrise 7:04 AM · sunset 7:09 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.7 miPass Mount Gilboa.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Boulder Ridge, heading SE.
- 0.4 miPass Frog Pond.
- 100 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Oak Knob, heading S.
- 0.5 miPass Hyland Lake Park Reserve Beach.
- 50 ftPass Hyland Lake.
- 50 ftBear left onto Lake Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
- 150 ftReach Mount Gilboa, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Oak Knob, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Boulder Ridge, heading N.
- 0.9 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 0.3 mi in (~13 min). Leave by 6:36 PM for the 7:09 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:33 PM — 5 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Bush Lake–SW Anderson Lake, 10 lakes 15.5 mi · ▲ 449 ft
- Mount Gilboa–Hyland Lake, 8 sights 6.6 mi · ▲ 521 ft
- Osprey Viewpoint–Goose Nest Pond, 8 lakes 2.2 mi · ▲ 154 ft
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