Manitoba trails · Long Lake
Long Lake
A 8.5-mile out-and-back in Manitoba, with 61 ft of climbing. Reaches Long Lake.
Length
8.5 mi
Elevation gain
61 ft
Difficulty
Moderate
Max grade
6%
Steepest mile
+59 ft
Shape
out-and-back
Elevation profile
Essentially flat — no sustained climb anywhere along its 8.5 miles.
3-D terrain
NRCAN MRDEM ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Long Lake (lake)
Heads up
Stream ford: expect at least one unbridged crossing.
Getting there
Long Lake Trailhead. 50.70867, -100.36842 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 7:29 a.m., the sun rises at 8:02 a.m. and sets at 6:51 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:24 p.m. (CDT) — 10 h 49 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 17.0-mile round trip takes roughly 6 h 22 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 2:24 p.m. — 4 h 27 min before sunset.
Loop options
- Grasshopper Valley Trail + Link Trail (Riding Mountain National Park) + Long Lake — 13.2 mi loop, 351 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Baldy Lake Trail — 11.1 mi
- Bead Lakes — 17.5 mi
- Moon Lake — 18.0 mi
- Strathclair Trail — 19.1 mi