Rice Lake Loop via Medicine Lake Regional Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Rice Lake Loop via Medicine Lake Regional Trail is a 4.5-mile loop near Osseo, MN. The route reaches Rice Lake. It is mostly level, with 55 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Rice Lake Loop via Medicine Lake Regional Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Elevation 891–946 ft
Loop
Trailhead: 45.12103, -93.44921
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:17 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.6 miPass Rice Lake.
- 100 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftReach Rice Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Medicine Lake Regional Trail, heading SW.
- 1.4 miSharp left, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.9 miThe loop closes 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 0.2 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 6:53 PM for the 7:17 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:36 PM — 10 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Medicine Lake Regional Trail 10.2 mi · ▲ 273 ft
- Medicine Lake Regional Trail 10.6 mi · ▲ 193 ft
- Fish Lake 3.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Elm Creek Swim Pond & Medicine Lake Regional Trail 4 mi · ▲ 107 ft
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