Manitoba trails · Bead Lakes
Bead Lakes
A 2.3-mile out-and-back in Manitoba, with 115 ft of climbing. Reaches Third Bead Lake and other lake destinations.
Elevation profile
The climbing leans toward the middle third: 51% of the ascent falls between mile 0.8 and mile 1.6. It gives back about 158 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
NRCAN MRDEM ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Third Bead Lake (lake)
- Fourth Bead Lake (lake)
Getting there
Bead Lakes access — parking nearby. 50.80164, -99.99664 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 7:27 a.m., the sun rises at 8:01 a.m. and sets at 6:50 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:23 p.m. (CDT) — 10 h 49 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 4.7-mile round trip takes roughly 1 h 50 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 9:51 a.m. — 8 h 59 min before sunset.
Nearby trails
- Moon Lake — 5.4 mi
- Ochre River — 6.0 mi
- Clear Lake North Shore — 9.3 mi
- Arrowhead — 9.5 mi