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Mud Lake & Crescent Beach via Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail

3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr

Mud Lake & Crescent Beach via Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back near Excelsior, MN. The route passes Mud Lake before reaching Crescent Beach at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail 44.90138, -93.56662
Nearest town Excelsior, MN
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Mud Lake & Crescent Beach via Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail

3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr

Out & Back

Trailhead: Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail · 44.90138, -93.56662

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:01 AM · sunset 7:16 PM

Transit-accessible: 3 St stop 105 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail, heading NW.
  2. 50 ftPass Mud Lake.
  3. 1.5 miPass Crescent Beach.
  4. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
  5. 150 ftReach Mud Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 1.4 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/mud-lake-mitten-pond-out-back-4-lakes

Trail surface

89% gravel7% paved4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:01 AMSunset 7:16 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: 3 St stop 105 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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