Manitoba trails · Cowan Lake
Cowan Lake
A 4.9-mile out-and-back in Manitoba, with 66 ft of climbing. Reaches Cowan Lake.
Elevation profile
Essentially flat — no sustained climb anywhere along its 4.9 miles.
3-D terrain
NRCAN MRDEM ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Cowan Lake (lake)
Getting there
Cowan Lake access — parking nearby, restroom. 50.70436, -99.80988 · 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 8:00 a.m. and sets at 6:49 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:22 p.m. (CDT) — 10 h 49 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 9.8-mile round trip takes roughly 3 h 42 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 11:42 a.m. — 7 h 07 min before sunset.
Nearby trails
- Arrowhead — 4.1 mi
- Compound Short Loop — 4.8 mi
- Clear Lake North Shore — 5.1 mi
- Escarpment — 7.2 mi