Fort Snelling State Park

Big Rivers Regional Trail

9.4 mi · ▲ 358 ft · 3 hr 19 min

Big Rivers Regional Trail is a 9.4-mile out-and-back in Fort Snelling State Park near Sunfish Lake, MN. It climbs 358 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi742 – 951 ft10.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.84939, -93.09392
Nearest town Sunfish Lake, MN

Directions

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Big Rivers Regional Trail

9.4 mi · ▲ 358 ft · 3 hr 19 min

Elevation 742–951 ft

Out & Back · Fort Snelling State Park

Trailhead: 44.84939, -93.09392

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
  3. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  4. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  5. 0.7 miTurn left, heading W.
  6. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  7. 1 miBear right, heading SW.
  8. 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  9. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  10. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  11. 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
  12. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  13. 1 miTurn right, heading W.
  14. 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
  15. 0.5 miTurn left onto Big Rivers Regional Trail, heading W.
  16. 150 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  17. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  18. 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  19. 0.8 miTurn left, heading S.
  20. 1 miTurn left, heading E.
  21. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  22. 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  23. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  24. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  25. 100 ftBear left, heading E.
  26. 1 miTurn left, heading E.
  27. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  28. 0.7 miBear right, heading E.
  29. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  30. 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
  31. 50 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

98% paved2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:03 AMSunset 7:08 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:48 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:08 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:37 PM.

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