Fort Snelling State Park
Big Rivers Regional Trail
8.7 mi · ▲ 275 ft · 3 hr 2 min
Big Rivers Regional Trail is an 8.7-mile out-and-back in Fort Snelling State Park near Sunfish Lake, MN. It climbs 275 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Big Rivers Regional Trail
8.7 mi · ▲ 275 ft · 3 hr 2 min
Elevation 742–932 ft
Out & Back · Fort Snelling State Park
Trailhead: 44.85308, -93.11091
Weather Sep 24: sunrise 7:03 AM · sunset 7:08 PM
Transit-accessible: Ecolab-Shuman stop 209 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 1 miBear right, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 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 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Big Rivers Regional Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.8 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.
- 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.6 mi in (~16 min). Leave by 6:32 PM for the 7:08 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:39 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Ecolab-Shuman stop 209 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at 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
- Big Rivers Regional Trail 15 mi · ▲ 352 ft
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