West Arbor Lake & Teal Lake via Medicine Lake Regional Trail
14.7 mi · ▲ 289 ft · 5 hr 3 min
West Arbor Lake & Teal Lake via Medicine Lake Regional Trail is a 14.7-mile out-and-back in Elm Creek Park Reserve near Champlin, MN. The route passes Teal Lake before reaching West Arbor Lake at the turnaround, 7.3 miles in. It climbs 289 ft. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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West Arbor Lake & Teal Lake via Medicine Lake Regional Trail
14.7 mi · ▲ 289 ft · 5 hr 3 min
Elevation 858–962 ft
Out & Back · Elm Creek Park Reserve
Trailhead: 45.18839, -93.45111
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:17 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading S.
- 2.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 450 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Monarch Trail, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Monarch Long Loop, heading E.
- 250 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 400 ftSharp right onto Medicine Lake Regional Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miPass Teal Lake.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftReach West Arbor Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 350 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear 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.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 200 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading NW.
- 2.3 miSharp 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 0.3 mi in (~8 min). Leave by 6:49 PM for the 7:17 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:41 PM — 6 min before dark.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Mud Lake–Goose Lake, 6 lakes 16 mi · ▲ 248 ft
- Monarch Trail 9 mi · ▲ 168 ft
- Monarch Trail 9.5 mi · ▲ 171 ft
- Sumac Trail 6.4 mi · ▲ 83 ft
- Sumac Trail 6.7 mi · ▲ 86 ft
- Monarch Trail 6.4 mi · ▲ 109 ft
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