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Fort Snelling State Park

Big Rivers Regional Trail

8.3 mi · ▲ 275 ft · 2 hr 54 min

Big Rivers Regional Trail is an 8.3-mile out-and-back in Fort Snelling State Park near Nicols, MN. It climbs 275 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi725 – 932 ft8.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.82881, -93.19163
Nearest town Nicols, MN
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Big Rivers Regional Trail

8.3 mi · ▲ 275 ft · 2 hr 54 min

Elevation 726–932 ft

Out & Back · Fort Snelling State Park

Trailhead: 44.82881, -93.19163

Weather Sep 24: sunrise 7:03 AM · sunset 7:08 PM

Transit-accessible: Ashbury Rd stop 80 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  3. 0.6 miSharp left, heading NW.
  4. 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  6. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  7. 1.4 miContinue straight onto Big Rivers Regional Trail, heading N.
  8. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  9. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  10. 1.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  12. 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  13. 0.7 miTurn right, heading E.
  14. 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  16. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  17. 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
  18. 0.4 miSharp left, heading S.
  19. 100 ftSharp right, heading W.
  20. 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
  21. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/big-rivers-regional-trail-out-back-13-km-c085

Trail surface

93% paved2% dirt5% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:03 AMSunset 7:08 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.2 mi in (~32 min). Leave by 6:16 PM for the 7:08 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:54 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Ashbury Rd stop 80 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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