Minnesota trails · Trout Lake Trail
Trout Lake Trail
A 5.0-mile out-and-back in Minnesota, with 101 ft of climbing. Reaches Lower Spring Lake and other lake destinations. Managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
Elevation profile
The climbing leans toward the first third: 50% of the ascent falls between mile 0.0 and mile 1.7. It gives back about 130 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Lower Spring Lake (lake)
- Day Lake (lake)
- Moore Lake (lake)
- Upper Spring Lake (lake)
- Trout Lake (lake)
Getting there
TROUT LAKE (SOUTH) — parking nearby, restroom, water. About 35 min drive (16 mi, 3 of them unpaved) from Grand Rapids. 47.43211, -93.56084 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 7:00 a.m., the sun rises at 7:31 a.m. and sets at 6:28 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:59 p.m. (CDT) — 10 h 58 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 9.9-mile round trip takes roughly 3 h 47 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 11:18 a.m. — 7 h 11 min before sunset.
Nearby trails
- Suomi Hills Trail S — 2.0 mi
- Suomi Hills N Trail — 5.0 mi
- Mesabi Trail — 11.5 mi