Saskatchewan trails · Nixon Lake Trail N
Nixon Lake Trail N
A 1.8-mile out-and-back in Saskatchewan, with 118 ft of climbing. Reaches Nixon Lake.
Length
1.8 mi
Elevation gain
118 ft
Difficulty
Easy
Max grade
8%
Steepest mile
+84 ft
Shape
out-and-back
Elevation profile
Essentially flat — no sustained climb anywhere along its 1.8 miles.
3-D terrain
NRCAN MRDEM ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Nixon Lake (lake)
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:36 a.m., the sun rises at 7:09 a.m. and sets at 6:01 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:33 p.m. (CST) — 10 h 52 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 3.6-mile round trip takes roughly 1 h 27 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 8:36 a.m. — 9 h 25 min before sunset.
Loop options
- Nixon Lake Trail S + Nixon Lake Trail N — 4.5 mi loop, 310 ft gain
- Ashley Lake Trail + Nixon Lake Trail + Nixon Lake Trail N — 9.0 mi loop, 853 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Nixon Lake Trail S — 0.0 mi
- Stevenson Lake Trail — 2.5 mi
- Horse Lake Trail — 3.1 mi
- Ashley Lake Trail — 3.1 mi