Parkers Lake & Fish Lake West Trail
15.8 mi · ▲ 384 ft · 5 hr 28 min
Parkers Lake & Fish Lake West Trail is a 15.8-mile out-and-back near Plymouth, MN. The route reaches Parkers Lake. It climbs 384 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Parkers Lake & Fish Lake West Trail
15.8 mi · ▲ 384 ft · 5 hr 28 min
Elevation 899–1,026 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 44.99241, -93.47789
Weather Sep 25: sunrise 7:05 AM · sunset 7:08 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Parkers Lake.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 450 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 2.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Medicine Lake Regional Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Fish Lake West Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miReach Parkers Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Medicine Lake Regional Trail, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 2.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 100 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.6 mi in (~90 min). Leave by 5:17 PM for the 7:08 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:52 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Fish Lake–Parkers Lake, 4 lakes 16.1 mi · ▲ 382 ft
- Bass Lake & Parkers Lake 16.1 mi · ▲ 433 ft
- Parkers Lake & Southwest Trail Loop 4.8 mi · ▲ 80 ft
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