Minnesota trails · Kekekabic Trail
Kekekabic Trail
A 8.2-mile out-and-back in Minnesota, with 222 ft of climbing. Reaches Warclub Lake and other lake destinations. Managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
Elevation profile
The climbing leans toward the middle third: 51% of the ascent falls between mile 2.7 and mile 5.5. It gives back about 406 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Warclub Lake (lake)
- Bingshick Lake (lake)
- Chip Lake (lake)
- Glee Lake (lake)
- Mine Lake (lake)
- Seahorse Lake (lake)
- Honker Lake (lake)
- Fay Lake (lake)
Heads up
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 5:47 a.m., the sun rises at 6:20 a.m. and sets at 7:47 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 8:19 p.m. (CDT) — 13 h 27 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 16.5-mile round trip takes roughly 6 h 20 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 12:40 p.m. — 7 h 07 min before sunset.
Loop options
- Kekekabic Trail + Benezie-Becoosin Loop — 4.8 mi loop, 378 ft gain
- Kekekabic Trail + Beccoosin-Benezie Lake Loop Trail + Benezie-Becoosin Loop — 5.7 mi loop, 573 ft gain
- Beccoosin-Benezie Lake Loop Trail + Kekekabic Trail + OLD PINES LOOP — 13.8 mi loop, 1,569 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Border Route — 13.7 mi
- Old Pines Loop Trail — 14.7 mi
- Old Pines Loop — 15.7 mi
- Snowbank — 23.0 mi