Batchelder Trail via Mill Towns State Trail
4 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Batchelder Trail via Mill Towns State Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back near Faribault, MN. It is mostly level, with 53 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Batchelder Trail via Mill Towns State Trail
4 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Elevation 964–1,051 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 44.29981, -93.29080
Weather Sep 25: sunrise 7:04 AM · sunset 7:07 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Mill Towns State Trail, heading N.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Batchelder Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.7 miReach Batchelder Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Mill Towns State Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.6 mi in (~40 min). Leave by 6:07 PM for the 7:07 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:00 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Cannon Lake & Cannon River via Sakatah Singing Hill Trail 15 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Mill Towns State Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Wells Lake via Mill Towns State Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 138 ft
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