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Palmer Lake Park

Palmer Lake via Shingle Creek Regional Trail

4.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 36 min

Palmer Lake via Shingle Creek Regional Trail is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Palmer Lake Park near Brooklyn Center, MN. The route reaches Palmer Lake. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi840 – 850 ft5.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 45.07287, -93.30115
Nearest town Brooklyn Center, MN
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Palmer Lake via Shingle Creek Regional Trail

4.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 36 min

Elevation 840–851 ft

Out & Back · Palmer Lake Park

Trailhead: 45.07287, -93.30115

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

Transit-accessible: James Circle #2 stop 121 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 500 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  4. 450 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  5. 150 ftBear right onto Shingle Creek Regional Trail, heading W.
  6. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
  7. 0.3 miPass Palmer Lake.
  8. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  9. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  10. 350 ftBear right, heading N.
  11. 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
  12. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  13. 0.7 miReach Palmer Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.7 miTurn right, heading SE.
  15. 0.4 miSharp right, heading SW.
  16. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  17. 350 ftBear left, heading SE.
  18. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  19. 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
  20. 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
  21. 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  22. 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  23. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  24. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/palmer-lake-out-back-8-km

Trail surface

96% paved4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:15 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~26 min). Leave by 6:28 PM for the 7:15 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:56 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: James Circle #2 stop 121 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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