Minnesota trails · Sauk River
Sauk River
A 125.9-mile point-to-point in Minnesota, with 332 ft of climbing. Reaches Millpond and other lake destinations. Managed by the state.
Elevation profile
The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route. It climbs almost continuously, with little descent to recover on.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Millpond (lake)
- Juergens Lake (lake)
- Great Northern Lake (lake)
- Zumwalles Lake (lake)
- Little Sauk Lake (lake)
- Krays Lake (lake)
- Knaus Lake (lake)
- Mud Lake (lake)
- Guernsey Lake (lake)
- Koetter Lake (lake)
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:08 a.m., the sun rises at 6:39 a.m. and sets at 8:00 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 8:31 p.m. (CDT) — 13 h 21 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 125.9-mile route works out to roughly 46 h 47 min of walking — more than a single day of daylight here, so plan it as an overnight or hike it in sections.
Nearby trails
- Central Lakes State Trail — 3.0 mi