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Flying Cloud Fields

Welch Lake

3.8 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 1 hr 18 min

Welch Lake is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Flying Cloud Fields near Eden Prairie, MN. The route reaches Welch Lake at the turnaround, 1.8 miles in. It is mostly level, with 55 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.83282, -93.47339
Nearest town Eden Prairie, MN
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Welch Lake

3.8 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 1 hr 18 min

Out & Back · Flying Cloud Fields

Trailhead: 44.83282, -93.47339

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

Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  4. 0.8 miTurn right, heading N.
  5. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
  6. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  7. 0.1 miReach Welch Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  9. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  10. 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
  11. 0.8 miTurn left, heading S.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  13. 0.2 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/welch-lake-welch-lake-out-back-6-km

Trail surface

90% paved10% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:15 PM

Good to know

  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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