Big Rivers Regional Trail
9 mi · ▲ 243 ft · 3 hr 7 min
Big Rivers Regional Trail is a 9-mile out-and-back near Sunfish Lake, MN. It is mostly level, with 243 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
9 mi · ▲ 243 ft · 3 hr 7 min
Elevation 833–932 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 44.85464, -93.10906
Weather Sep 24: sunrise 7:03 AM · sunset 7:08 PM
Transit-accessible: Ecolab-Shuman stop 425 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 1 miBear right, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Big Rivers Regional Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftBear left, heading E.
- 1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive 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 4.1 mi in (~104 min). Leave by 5:04 PM for the 7:08 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:07 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Ecolab-Shuman stop 425 m from the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- River to River Greenway 15.4 mi · ▲ 327 ft
- River to River Greenway 15.7 mi · ▲ 379 ft
- Big Rivers Regional Trail 14.6 mi · ▲ 304 ft
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