Rice Lake via Medicine Lake Regional Trail
3.2 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 1 hr 5 min
Rice Lake via Medicine Lake Regional Trail is a 3.2-mile out-and-back near Maple Grove, MN. The route reaches Rice Lake. It is mostly level, with 26 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 via Medicine Lake Regional Trail
3.2 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 1 hr 5 min
Elevation 891–933 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 45.13155, -93.47769
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:15 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear left onto Medicine Lake Regional Trail, heading E.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 200 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 200 ftPass Rice Lake.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miReach Rice Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 350 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 1.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 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 surface
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~20 min). Leave by 6:35 PM for the 7:15 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:50 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Meadowlark Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Meadowlark Trail 5.1 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Medicine Lake Regional Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- Medicine Lake Regional Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- Medicine Lake Regional Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Medicine Lake Regional Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 26 ft
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