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Weaver Lake Park Beach via Medicine Lake Regional Trail

4.8 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 1 hr 38 min

Weaver Lake Park Beach via Medicine Lake Regional Trail is a 4.8-mile out-and-back near Maple Grove, MN. The route reaches Weaver Lake Park Beach at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 81 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi899 – 955 ft5.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 45.13328, -93.47502
Nearest town Maple Grove, MN
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Weaver Lake Park Beach via Medicine Lake Regional Trail

4.8 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 1 hr 38 min

Elevation 900–955 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 45.13328, -93.47502

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  3. 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  5. 450 ftBear left, heading S.
  6. 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
  7. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  8. 50 ftTurn right onto Medicine Lake Regional Trail, heading S.
  9. 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
  10. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  11. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  12. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  13. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  14. 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
  15. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
  16. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  17. 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
  18. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  19. 0.3 miReach Weaver Lake Park Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  20. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  21. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  22. 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
  23. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  24. 300 ftSharp left, heading N.
  25. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  26. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  27. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  28. 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
  29. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  30. 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
  31. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  32. 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  33. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  34. 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
  35. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  36. 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
  37. 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/weaver-lake-park-beach-weaver-lake-park-beach-out-back-8-km-46e3

Trail surface

96% paved4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:15 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~23 min). Leave by 6:32 PM for the 7:15 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:53 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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