Fort Snelling State Park
Big Rivers Regional Trail
10.6 mi · ▲ 507 ft · 3 hr 47 min
Big Rivers Regional Trail is a 10.6-mile out-and-back in Fort Snelling State Park near Sunfish Lake, MN. It climbs 507 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
10.6 mi · ▲ 507 ft · 3 hr 47 min
Elevation 742–983 ft
Out & Back · Fort Snelling State Park
Trailhead: 44.84799, -93.08036
Weather Sep 24: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:08 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 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.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.4 miArrive 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~15 min). Leave by 6:33 PM for the 7:08 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:35 PM — 2 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
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- Big Rivers Regional Trail 10.5 mi · ▲ 412 ft
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