What is Your Favorite Plymouth Trail Loop?

Plymouth is known for its parks and trail systems. Summer is the season to try them!

And with less heat and humidity slated for this week's forecast and temperatures in the 70s and 80s most of the week, there's even more chance to get outside, enjoy the weather and the sights and sounds of the suburbs.

If you're not an avid walker, runner or any of that, there are convenient loop trails, most less than a mile, that provide a chance to enjoy the great outdoors at your own pace.

Plymouth has 17 trail loops posted by the city. Most loops are in the northern part of the city (see maps with this post). The city's website provides details about each loop trail (see pdf with this post). Patch has listed each loop trail below and included its length and approximate location in the city. (This is not a comprehensive list of all the trails and walking paths in the city.)

But what are the loop trails like? That's where you come in! If you've been on the trails, frequent any, let us know what their like. Share what you like or would like to see on the trailsin the comments below! Tell us what you've seen on these trails, how the path is (bumpy, hilly, floods easily, noisy, quiet, scenic, popular, buggy, etc.). 

The trail loops include:
• Bass Lake Trail Loop, 0.5 miles around and located at the Bass Lake Playfield area off Northwest Blvd/County Road 61.
• Turtle Lake Trail Loop, 0.42 miles around and located at the Turtle Lake Park near Turtle Lake in northwest Plymouth (major roadways: between Vicksburg Lane and Fernwood Lane and Schmidt Lake Road and Rockford Road).
• Timber Shores Trail, 1.1 mile long located at Timber Shores Park next to Bass Lake off Zachary Lane in northeastern part of Plymouth.
• Three Ponds Trail Loop, 0.65 miles around and located at Three Ponds Park in northeastern Plymouth off Bass Lake Road and Nathan Lane.
• Swan Lake Trail Loop, 0.50 miles around and located at Swan Lake Park off Vinewood Lane and near Rockford Road, in eastern Plymouth.
• Shiloh Trail Loop, 0.3 miles around and located in southwestern Plymouth off County Road 24 and Dunkirk Lane.
• Rolling Hills Trail Loop, 0.6 miles around and located in the Rolling Hills Park between Schmidt Lake Road/49th Avenue and Rockford Road and Hwy 169 and Zachary Lane in eastern Plymouth.
• Plymouth Creek Park Trails, includes three loop trails: Interior (1.6 miles), Exterior (2.5 miles) and Hilde (0.38 miles). These trails go around the City Center area of Hilde Performance Center, Milennium Gardens, Plymouth Creek Center, City Hall, the Ice Center, Lifetime Fitness and more. The area is between Plymouth Blvd and Fernbrook Lane and Highway 55 and Rockford Road in western/central Plymouth.
• Plymouth Creek Playfield Loop, near the Plymouth Creek Park trail system, 0.75 miles, off Fernbrook Lane in central/western Plymouth.
• Parker's Lake Trail Loop, 2 miles around, near Parker's Lake Playfields and Park and Lions Park, off County Road 6 in southwest Plymouth.
• Medicine Lake Trail Loop, 7.5 miles around, going around French Regional Park off Rockford Road and Northwest Blvd and Medicine Lake Drive West and Medicine Lake Blvd East. This trail resides in the city of Medicine Lake and in east/central Plymouth. It is the city's largest loop trail and joins with the Luce Line Regional Trail system.
• Lake Camelot Trail Loop, 0.75 miles around, going around Lake Camelot near Lake Camelot Park off County Road 47, just east of 494 in north central Plymouth.
• Zachary Trail Loop, 0.7 miles around, off Zachary Lane and Rockford Road in eastern Plymouth.
• Woodland Trails Loop, 0.42 miles around, off Vicksburg Lane and next to the Canadian Pacific (Soo line) railroad in northwest Plymouth.
• Wayzata High School Trail Loop, 0.95 miles around, goes around Wayzata High School on Peony Lane, off Schmidt Lake Road in northwestern Plymouth, near the Northwest Greenway.
• Elm Creek Playfield Trail Loop, 0.35 miles around, located just west of the high school loop and resides within the playfield area, on Peony Lane, off Schmidt Lake Road in northwestern Plymouth, near the Northwest Greenway.