Big Rivers Regional Trail

11 mi · ▲ 296 ft · 3 hr 49 min

Big Rivers Regional Trail is an 11-mile out-and-back near Sunfish Lake, MN. It climbs 296 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi833 – 961 ft11.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.85522, -93.08583
Nearest town Sunfish Lake, MN

Directions

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Big Rivers Regional Trail

11 mi · ▲ 296 ft · 3 hr 49 min

Elevation 833–960 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 44.85522, -93.08583

Weather Sep 25: sunrise 7:04 AM · sunset 7:06 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.5 miSharp left, heading S.
  3. 1.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  5. 1 miBear right, heading W.
  6. 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  7. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  9. 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
  10. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  11. 1 miTurn right, heading W.
  12. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Big Rivers Regional Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  14. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  15. 1.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  16. 1 miTurn left, heading E.
  17. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  18. 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  19. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  20. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  21. 100 ftBear left, heading E.
  22. 1 miTurn left, heading E.
  23. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  24. 1.1 miSharp right, heading E.
  25. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

98% paved2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:04 AMSunset 7:06 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.0 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 6:45 PM for the 7:06 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:22 PM — 13 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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