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Spring Lake Regional Park

Mystic Lake–Arctic Lake, 3 lakes

12.8 mi · ▲ 404 ft · 4 hr 28 min

Mystic Lake–Arctic Lake, 3 lakes is a 12.8-mile out-and-back in Spring Lake Regional Park near Spring Lake, MN. The route passes Arctic Lake, Arctic Lake and Mystic Lake before reaching Jeffers Wildlife Pond at the turnaround, 6.3 miles in. It climbs 404 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.71614, -93.47382
Nearest town Spring Lake, MN
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Mystic Lake–Arctic Lake, 3 lakes

12.8 mi · ▲ 404 ft · 4 hr 28 min

Out & Back · Spring Lake Regional Park

Trailhead: 44.71614, -93.47382

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:15 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 450 ftBear left, heading NE.
  3. 350 ftTurn left onto Spring Lake Regional Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
  5. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  6. 50 ftPass Arctic Lake.
  7. 0.3 miPass Arctic Lake.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  9. 0.8 miTurn left onto Big Woods Regional Trail, heading E.
  10. 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
  11. 1.7 miPass Mystic Lake.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  13. 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
  14. 1.2 miBear right, heading E.
  15. 100 ftPass Jeffers Wildlife Pond.
  16. 400 ftBear left, heading E.
  17. 350 ftReach Mystic Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 350 ftBear right, heading S.
  19. 500 ftBear left, heading SE.
  20. 1.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  21. 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
  22. 2.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  23. 0.8 miTurn left, heading W.
  24. 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
  25. 0.3 miTurn left onto Spring Lake Regional Trail, heading S.
  26. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  27. 350 ftBear right, heading W.
  28. 300 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/mystic-lake-arctic-lake-out-back-6-lakes

Trail surface

98% paved1% gravel1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:15 PM

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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