Lower Prior Lake & Sand Point Beach
3.8 mi · ▲ 189 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Lower Prior Lake & Sand Point Beach is a 3.8-mile out-and-back near Glendale, MN. The route passes Sand Point Beach before reaching Lower Prior Lake at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It is mostly level, with 189 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Lower Prior Lake & Sand Point Beach
3.8 mi · ▲ 189 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Elevation 918–1,015 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 44.74611, -93.37743
Weather Sep 23: Overcast, high 69°F / low 47° · precip 0% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:11 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miPass Sand Point Beach.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftReach Lower Prior Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miArrive 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 1.6 mi in (~43 min). Leave by 6:08 PM for the 7:11 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:07 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Thunder Canyon via Minnesota Valley State Trail 16 mi · ▲ 462 ft
- Upper Prior Lake & Mystic Lake via Big Woods Regional Trail 15.8 mi · ▲ 656 ft
- Sand Point Beach 3.9 mi · ▲ 189 ft
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