Big Woods Regional Trail

9 mi · ▲ 164 ft · 3 hr 5 min

Big Woods Regional Trail is a 9-mile out-and-back near Shakopee, MN. It is mostly level, with 164 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.79377, -93.48038
Nearest town Shakopee, MN

Directions

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Big Woods Regional Trail

9 mi · ▲ 164 ft · 3 hr 5 min

Out & Back

Trailhead: 44.79377, -93.48038

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:01 AM · sunset 7:15 PM

Transit-accessible: Canterbury Park stop 474 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  3. 0.7 miBear right, heading S.
  4. 400 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  5. 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
  6. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  7. 50 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  8. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  9. 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  11. 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  12. 1.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  13. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  14. 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
  15. 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
  16. 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  17. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  18. 200 ftTurn right, heading N.
  19. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  20. 0.4 miTurn right onto Tahpah to Scenic Heights Drainage Way Trail, heading W.
  21. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  22. 0.1 miTurn right onto Big Woods Regional Trail, heading W.
  23. 0.6 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  24. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  25. 0.4 miTurn left onto Tahpah to Scenic Heights Drainage Way Trail, heading E.
  26. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  27. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  28. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  29. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  30. 200 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  31. 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  32. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  33. 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  34. 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
  35. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  36. 1.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  37. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  38. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  39. 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
  40. 0.3 miSharp right, heading E.
  41. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  42. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  43. 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
  44. 350 ftBear left, heading E.
  45. 0.7 miTurn left, heading N.
  46. 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

85% paved15% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:01 AMSunset 7:15 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Canterbury Park stop 474 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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