Sakatah Lake State Park

Sakatah Lake–Big Woods Loop, 6 sights

9 mi · ▲ 204 ft · 3 hr 6 min

Sakatah Lake–Big Woods Loop, 6 sights is a 9-mile out-and-back in Sakatah Lake State Park near Morristown, MN. The route reaches Sakatah Lake. It is mostly level, with 204 ft of elevation gain. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.23221, -93.46186
Nearest town Morristown, MN

Directions

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Sakatah Lake–Big Woods Loop, 6 sights

9 mi · ▲ 204 ft · 3 hr 6 min

Out & Back · Sakatah Lake State Park

Trailhead: 44.23221, -93.46186

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:01 AM · sunset 7:15 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 200 ftSharp right onto Sakatah Singing Hills Trail, heading W.
  3. 2.3 miBear left onto Timber Doodle Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.4 miPass Sakatah Lake.
  5. 1.3 miTurn right onto Oak Tree Trail, heading W.
  6. 0.3 miTurn right onto Big Woods Loop, heading NW.
  7. 450 ftReach Sakatah Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 450 ftTurn left onto Oak Tree Trail, heading E.
  9. 0.3 miTurn left onto Wahpekute Trail, heading NW.
  10. 1.7 miBear right onto Sakatah Singing Hills Trail, heading NE.
  11. 2.3 miSharp left, heading E.
  12. 150 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

52% paved47% dirt1% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 7:01 AMSunset 7:15 PM

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