Fort Snelling State Park
Big Rivers Regional Trail Loop
3 mi · ▲ 174 ft · 1 hr 5 min
Big Rivers Regional Trail Loop is a 3-mile loop in Fort Snelling State Park near Mendota, MN. It is mostly level, with 174 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Big Rivers Regional Trail Loop
3 mi · ▲ 174 ft · 1 hr 5 min
Elevation 726–932 ft
Loop · Fort Snelling State Park
Trailhead: 44.84774, -93.17162
Weather Sep 25: sunrise 7:04 AM · sunset 7:06 PM
Transit-accessible: Lone Oak Rd stop 344 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Big Rivers Regional Trail, heading W.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miThe loop closes 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:46 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:06 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:36 PM.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Lone Oak Rd stop 344 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Frog Swamp–Birch Pond, 3 lakes 15.7 mi · ▲ 463 ft
- Big Rivers Regional Trail Loop 2.9 mi · ▲ 164 ft
- Big Rivers Regional Trail Loop 3.5 mi · ▲ 168 ft
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