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.
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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
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Nine Mile Creek Regional Trail, heading E.
- 1.1 miPass Milner Pond.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftPass Wood Lake.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miReach Wood Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 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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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.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: 4 Av S stop 83 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Legion Lake & Taft Lake via Lake Nokomis-Minnesota River Regional Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Richfield Lake–Milner Pond, 4 lakes 4.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Taft Lake & Legion Lake via Lake Nokomis-Minnesota River Regional Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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