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Gale Woods Farm

Whaletail Lake via Dakota Rail Regional Trail

14.4 mi · ▲ 114 ft · 4 hr 51 min

Whaletail Lake via Dakota Rail Regional Trail is a 14.4-mile out-and-back in Gale Woods Farm near Maple, MN. The route reaches Whaletail Lake at the turnaround, 7.2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 114 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.88147, -93.81454
Nearest town Maple, MN
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Whaletail Lake via Dakota Rail Regional Trail

14.4 mi · ▲ 114 ft · 4 hr 51 min

Out & Back · Gale Woods Farm

Trailhead: 44.88147, -93.81454

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:17 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Dakota Rail Regional Trail, heading E.
  3. 6.5 miSharp left, heading NE.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  5. 0.4 miReach Whaletail Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  7. 0.3 miSharp right onto Dakota Rail Regional Trail;Baker-Carver Regional Trail, heading SW.
  8. 3.2 miContinue straight onto Dakota Rail Regional Trail, heading SW.
  9. 3.2 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/whaletail-lake-out-back

Trail surface

92% paved7% gravel1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:02 AMSunset 7:17 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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