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Gale Woods Farm

Whaletail Lake via Dakota Rail Regional Trail

8.2 mi · ▲ 113 ft · 2 hr 47 min

Whaletail Lake via Dakota Rail Regional Trail is an 8.2-mile out-and-back in Gale Woods Farm near Saint Bonifacius, MN. The route reaches Whaletail Lake at the turnaround, 4.1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 113 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.89393, -93.75550
Nearest town Saint Bonifacius, MN
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Whaletail Lake via Dakota Rail Regional Trail

8.2 mi · ▲ 113 ft · 2 hr 47 min

Out & Back · Gale Woods Farm

Trailhead: 44.89393, -93.75550

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:16 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 350 ftTurn left onto Dakota Rail Regional Trail, heading NE.
  3. 3.4 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. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  10. 50 ftArrive 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-13-km-0c41

Trail surface

87% paved12% gravel1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:02 AMSunset 7:16 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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