Pleasant Lake & Deep Lake
10 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 3 hr 20 min
Pleasant Lake & Deep Lake is a 10-mile out-and-back near North Oaks, MN. The route passes Deep Lake and Pleasant Lake. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Pleasant Lake & Deep Lake
10 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 3 hr 20 min
Elevation 893–930 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 45.12117, -93.07918
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:16 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miPass Deep Lake.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.6 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 1 miPass Pleasant Lake.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miReach Pleasant Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 300 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 300 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.9 mi in (~94 min). Leave by 5:22 PM for the 7:16 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:04 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Deep Lake & Black Lake 5.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Wilkinson Lake & Deep Lake 2.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Deep Lake Loop 2.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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