About the Medicine Lake basin
Medicine Lake is Plymouth’s defining geographic feature — at roughly 900 acres, it’s the largest lake in the city and supports a full mix of boating, fishing, sailing, and swimming. The lake sits in central Plymouth, with the basin running east-west from East Medicine Lake Boulevard to French Regional Park on the north shore. MN-55 forms the rough southern boundary of the basin; ZIPs 55441 (east), 55442 (central-north), and 55447 (south) all touch parts of the lake’s surrounding residential corridor.
The Medicine Lake area is also Plymouth’s settlement origin. Antoine LeCounte built the first cabin in what’s now Plymouth on East Medicine Lake Boulevard in the mid-1800s, and the older housing stock on the east side reflects that early-buildout history — the east-shore corridor tends toward higher housing-age density than the newer west-side residential pockets.
The basin is wrapped in parkland: East Medicine Lake Park and West Medicine Lake Park bracket the lake itself, and the Luce Line Regional Trail threads east-west through the broader corridor. The small city of Medicine Lake — a village of roughly 340 residents completely surrounded by Plymouth — sits on the lake’s western shore. We serve homes throughout the basin, including within the Medicine Lake village.
For junk removal, the typical mix here runs older-stock garage and basement clearouts (especially east-shore), seasonal lakefront-property cleanouts in spring and fall, and downsizing-driven estate cleanouts in the established neighborhoods. Lake-adjacent homes occasionally need longer truck-to-door carries; we plan for that at quote time.
Named landmarks we work near
- Medicine Lake itself (~900-acre full-recreation lake, central Plymouth)
- French Regional Park (Three Rivers Park District, north shore)
- East Medicine Lake Park and West Medicine Lake Park (beach, shelters, swim area)
- Luce Line Regional Trail (east-west through the broader corridor)
- Medicine Lake village (~340-resident city surrounded by Plymouth, west shore)
If you’re inside the Medicine Lake basin bounded roughly by these landmarks, you’re in our normal Medicine Lake service area.
Medicine Lake area — common questions
Do you serve homes inside the Medicine Lake village itself? Yes. Medicine Lake is its own city, but it sits completely surrounded by Plymouth and shares our standard service radius — we cover village addresses the same as the rest of the basin. Use any street address inside the village when scheduling.
What about east-shore homes with older stock and tighter access? The east-shore corridor has a lot of pre-1990 stock with narrower driveways and smaller garages. We size jobs for that on arrival — if access is tight enough to need a smaller truck or extra walking, we flag it at quote time so the flat-rate number you get is the number you pay.
Services we handle in the Medicine Lake area
- Estate cleanouts — full-house clearouts after a move, downsizing, or family transition. Typical Plymouth-area range $1,000–$3,000.
- Garage cleanouts — spring-prep or post-renovation clearouts. Single-bay garages typically $250–$600 per load.
- Furniture removal — couches, sectionals, mattresses, dressers. Single-item $100–$350 depending on weight and stairs.
- Appliance removal — refrigerators, washers, dryers, ranges. Single-appliance $50–$200; refrigerant units routed to MN-DNR-compliant recyclers.
- Construction debris removal — renovation and post-build cleanup. Typical contractor-load $300–$800.