Big Woods Regional Trail
10.7 mi · ▲ 190 ft · 3 hr 40 min
Big Woods Regional Trail is a 10.7-mile out-and-back near Shakopee, MN. It is mostly level, with 190 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Big Woods Regional Trail
10.7 mi · ▲ 190 ft · 3 hr 40 min
Elevation 710–846 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 44.80088, -93.50668
Weather Sep 25: sunrise 7:05 AM · sunset 7:08 PM
Transit-accessible: Marschall Rd stop 404 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right, heading E.
- 400 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Tahpah to Scenic Heights Drainage Way Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Big Woods Regional Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Tahpah to Scenic Heights Drainage Way Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 400 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.8 mi in (~95 min). Leave by 5:12 PM for the 7:08 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:57 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Marschall Rd stop 404 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Tahpah to Scenic Heights Drainage Way Trail 11.3 mi · ▲ 163 ft
- Tahpah to Scenic Heights Drainage Way Trail 11.2 mi · ▲ 164 ft
- Tahpah to Scenic Heights Drainage Way Trail 11.4 mi · ▲ 163 ft
- Tahpah to Scenic Heights Drainage Way Trail 11.3 mi · ▲ 164 ft
- Big Woods Regional Trail 10.6 mi · ▲ 191 ft
- Big Woods Regional Trail 10.7 mi · ▲ 190 ft
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