Teal Lake via Medicine Lake Regional Trail
12.5 mi · ▲ 369 ft · 4 hr 21 min
Teal Lake via Medicine Lake Regional Trail is a 12.5-mile out-and-back in Elm Creek Park Reserve near Champlin, MN. The route reaches Teal Lake at the turnaround, 6.3 miles in. It climbs 369 ft. It scores 10/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Teal Lake via Medicine Lake Regional Trail
12.5 mi · ▲ 369 ft · 4 hr 21 min
Elevation 856–930 ft
Out & Back · Elm Creek Park Reserve
Trailhead: 45.19909, -93.43654
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:17 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
- 1.8 miTurn right, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 450 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Monarch Trail, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Monarch Long Loop, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear left, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 400 ftSharp right onto Medicine Lake Regional Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 200 ftReach Teal Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 350 ftBear right, heading N.
- 350 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Monarch Long Loop, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Monarch Trail, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 200 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 1.8 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~17 min). Leave by 6:40 PM for the 7:17 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:48 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Meadowlark Trail 12.6 mi · ▲ 333 ft
- Monarch Trail 11.1 mi · ▲ 304 ft
- Monarch Trail 10.6 mi · ▲ 300 ft
- Sumac Trail 8.5 mi · ▲ 277 ft
- Sumac Trail 8.8 mi · ▲ 222 ft
- Sumac Trail 8 mi · ▲ 273 ft
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