AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Weaver Lake Park Beach & Elm Creek Forest Trail

4.7 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 1 hr 35 min

Weaver Lake Park Beach & Elm Creek Forest Trail is a 4.7-mile out-and-back near Maple Grove, MN. The route reaches Weaver Lake Park Beach. It is mostly level, with 28 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi896 – 958 ft5.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 45.12162, -93.49216
Nearest town Maple Grove, MN
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Weaver Lake Park Beach & Elm Creek Forest Trail

4.7 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 1 hr 35 min

Elevation 897–956 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 45.12162, -93.49216

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:15 PM

Bikes allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.8 miPass Weaver Lake Park Beach.
  3. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  4. 0.5 miTurn right onto Medicine Lake Regional Trail, heading SE.
  5. 150 ftSharp left, heading S.
  6. 100 ftBear right, heading SW.
  7. 0.3 miTurn right onto Elm Creek Forest Trail, heading SE.
  8. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
  9. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  10. 0.5 miReach Weaver Lake Park Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  12. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  13. 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
  14. 100 ftSharp right onto Medicine Lake Regional Trail, heading NW.
  15. 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  16. 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
  17. 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/weaver-lake-park-beach-weaver-lake-park-beach-out-back-3-beaches-8-km-e6ae

Trail surface

100% paved

Weather

Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:15 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~18 min). Leave by 6:37 PM for the 7:15 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:49 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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