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Quarry Lake Trail

5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Quarry Lake Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back near Shakopee, MN. 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 mi745 – 761 ft5.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.78574, -93.48459
Nearest town Shakopee, MN
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Quarry Lake Trail

5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Elevation 743–761 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 44.78574, -93.48459

Weather Sep 25: sunrise 7:05 AM · sunset 7:08 PM

Transit-accessible: Pine Tree Ln stop 377 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  4. 450 ftBear right, heading NE.
  5. 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
  6. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  7. 1.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  8. 350 ftBear right, heading E.
  9. 100 ftContinue straight onto Quarry Lake Trail, heading E.
  10. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  11. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  12. 300 ftTurn right onto Deans Lake Trail, heading W.
  13. 300 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  14. 300 ftTurn left, heading S.
  15. 300 ftBear right, heading E.
  16. 0.2 miTurn left onto Quarry Lake Trail, heading W.
  17. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  18. 350 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  19. 1.2 miBear left, heading W.
  20. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  21. 0.5 miBear left, heading NW.
  22. 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
  23. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  24. 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/quarry-lake-trail-out-back-8-km-8863

Trail surface

84% paved16% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:05 AMSunset 7:08 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.4 mi in (~57 min). Leave by 5:51 PM for the 7:08 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:20 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Pine Tree Ln stop 377 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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