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Palmer Lake Park

Palmer Lake & Shingle Creek Regional Trail

4.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 38 min

Palmer Lake & Shingle Creek Regional Trail is a 4.9-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 – 856 ft5.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 45.06578, -93.30958
Nearest town Brooklyn Center, MN
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Palmer Lake & Shingle Creek Regional Trail

4.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 38 min

Elevation 840–855 ft

Out & Back · Palmer Lake Park

Trailhead: 45.06578, -93.30958

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

Transit-accessible: Summit Dr stop 72 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  3. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  4. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  5. 350 ftBear right onto Shingle Creek Regional Trail, heading NW.
  6. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  7. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
  8. 0.3 miPass Palmer Lake.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  10. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  11. 350 ftBear right, heading N.
  12. 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
  13. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
  14. 0.7 miReach Palmer Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
  16. 0.4 miSharp right, heading E.
  17. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  18. 350 ftBear left, heading S.
  19. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  20. 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
  21. 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
  22. 150 ftBear right, heading W.
  23. 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
  24. 350 ftBear right, heading SE.
  25. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  26. 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
  27. 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/palmer-lake-shingle-creek-regional-trail-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 1.2 mi in (~29 min). Leave by 6:26 PM for the 7:15 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:59 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Summit Dr stop 72 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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