AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Freeman Park

Mud Lake via Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail

5 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 1 hr 41 min

Mud Lake via Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back in Freeman Park near Eureka, MN. The route reaches Mud Lake at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 26 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi935 – 978 ft5.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.89505, -93.60695
Nearest town Eureka, MN
Google Maps Apple Maps

Directions

AMBLEWAYwww.ambleway.com

Mud Lake via Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail

5 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 1 hr 41 min

Elevation 935–979 ft

Out & Back · Freeman Park

Trailhead: 44.89505, -93.60695

Weather Sep 23: sunrise 7:03 AM · sunset 7:12 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
  3. 400 ftBear left, heading W.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 100 ftTurn right onto Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail, heading NE.
  6. 2.2 miReach Mud Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 2.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  8. 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  9. 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
  10. 400 ftBear right, heading E.
  11. 50 ftArrive 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-out-back-5e36

Trail surface

83% gravel15% paved2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:03 AMSunset 7:12 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~16 min). Leave by 6:36 PM for the 7:12 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:43 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

More sunset hikes nearby

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Eureka, Minnesota