Parkers Lake & Southwest Trail Loop
4.8 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 1 hr 38 min
Parkers Lake & Southwest Trail Loop is a 4.8-mile out-and-back near Plymouth, MN. The route reaches Parkers Lake. It is mostly level, with 80 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Parkers Lake & Southwest Trail Loop
4.8 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 1 hr 38 min
Elevation 941–1,007 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.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto South West Trail Loop, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Southwest Trail Loop, heading SW.
- 0.4 miReach Parkers Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear right onto South West Trail Loop, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 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 1.9 mi in (~46 min). Leave by 6:01 PM for the 7:08 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:09 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Parkers Lake & Fish Lake West Trail 15.8 mi · ▲ 384 ft
- Fish Lake–Parkers Lake, 4 lakes 16.1 mi · ▲ 382 ft
- Bass Lake & Parkers Lake 16.1 mi · ▲ 433 ft
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