Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

Big Woods Lake & Arboretum Apple House

10.2 mi · ▲ 203 ft · 3 hr 30 min

Big Woods Lake & Arboretum Apple House is a 10.2-mile out-and-back in Minnesota Landscape Arboretum near Hazeltine, MN. The route passes Arboretum Apple House before reaching Big Woods Lake at the turnaround, 5.1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 203 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.86326, -93.61477
Nearest town Hazeltine, MN

Directions

AMBLEWAYwww.ambleway.com

Big Woods Lake & Arboretum Apple House

10.2 mi · ▲ 203 ft · 3 hr 30 min

Out & Back · Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

Trailhead: 44.86326, -93.61477

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:01 AM · sunset 7:16 PM

Transit-accessible: Rose Garden (Shuttle) stop 310 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
  3. 0.6 miPass Arboretum Apple House.
  4. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  5. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  6. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  7. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  8. 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  10. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  11. 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
  12. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  13. 150 ftBear left, heading E.
  14. 1.6 miTurn right, heading E.
  15. 100 ftBear right, heading E.
  16. 0.5 miBear left, heading S.
  17. 150 ftReach Big Woods Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 100 ftBear right, heading SE.
  19. 0.5 miBear left, heading NE.
  20. 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  21. 1.6 miBear right, heading W.
  22. 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
  23. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  24. 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
  25. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  26. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  27. 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
  28. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  29. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  30. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  31. 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
  32. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

87% paved9% gravel3% boardwalk1% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 7:01 AMSunset 7:16 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Rose Garden (Shuttle) stop 310 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

More from this trailhead