Minnesota trails · Marcell South Snowmobile Trail

Marcell South Snowmobile Trail

A 10.5-mile out-and-back in Minnesota, with 181 ft of climbing. Reaches Northome Lake and other lake destinations. Managed by the U.S. Forest Service.

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Length

10.5 mi

Elevation gain

181 ft

Difficulty

Hard

Max grade

14%

Steepest mile

+128 ft

Tread at ≥10% grade

0.2 mi

Shape

out-and-back

Managed by

U.S. Forest Service

Elevation profile

The climbing leans toward the middle third: 47% of the ascent falls between mile 3.5 and mile 7.0. It gives back about 305 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.

3-D terrain

USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5

Reaches

Northome Lake (lake)
English Lake (lake)
Cranberry Lake (lake)
Tamarack Lake (lake)
Duck Lake (lake)

Getting there

Marcell South Snowmobile Trail access — parking nearby. 47.50159, -93.64376 · directions

Daylight at the trailhead

On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 5:59 a.m., the sun rises at 6:31 a.m. and sets at 7:57 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 8:29 p.m. (CDT) — 13 h 26 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 21.0-mile round trip takes roughly 7 h 58 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 2:29 p.m. — 5 h 28 min before sunset.