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Wood Lake & Milner Pond via Nine Mile Creek Regional Trail is a 4.2-mile out-and-back near Richfield, MN. The route passes Milner Pond before reaching Wood Lake at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi833 – 856 ft5.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.86392, -93.27191
Nearest town Richfield, MN

Directions

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Wood Lake & Milner Pond via Nine Mile Creek Regional Trail

4.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 24 min

Elevation 835–858 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 44.86392, -93.27191

Weather Sep 25: sunrise 7:04 AM · sunset 7:07 PM

Transit-accessible: 4 Av S stop 83 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
  3. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  4. 250 ftTurn left onto Nine Mile Creek Regional Trail, heading E.
  5. 1.1 miPass Milner Pond.
  6. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  7. 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
  8. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  9. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  10. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  11. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
  12. 150 ftPass Wood Lake.
  13. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  14. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  16. 0.1 miReach Wood Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  18. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  19. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  20. 200 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  21. 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
  22. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  23. 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
  24. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  25. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  26. 1.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  27. 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
  28. 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
  29. 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 surface

97% paved3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:04 AMSunset 7:07 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 6:44 PM for the 7:07 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:24 PM — 11 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: 4 Av S stop 83 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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