AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Rice Lake & Crystal Lake

2.2 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 45 min

Rice Lake & Crystal Lake is a 2.2-mile out-and-back near Spring Lake, MN. The route passes Rice Lake before reaching Crystal Lake at the turnaround, 0.9 miles in. It is mostly level, with 28 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.69474, -93.45065
Nearest town Spring Lake, MN
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Rice Lake & Crystal Lake

2.2 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 45 min

Out & Back

Trailhead: 44.69474, -93.45065

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

Bikes allowed on the whole route

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  4. 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 0.3 miPass Rice Lake.
  6. 0.4 miPass Crystal Lake.
  7. 0.1 miSharp left, heading NE.
  8. 350 ftReach Rice Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 300 ftSharp right, heading N.
  10. 0.8 miTurn right, heading SW.
  11. 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  12. 0.2 miSharp left, heading S.
  13. 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/rice-lake-crystal-lake-out-back-3-lakes-3-km-203a

Trail surface

95% paved5% boardwalk

Weather

Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:15 PM

Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route

Hikes near Spring Lake, Minnesota