Big Woods Regional Trail
16 mi · ▲ 277 ft · 5 hr 28 min
Big Woods Regional Trail is a 16-mile out-and-back near Glendale, MN. It climbs 277 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 44.74492, -93.41429
Nearest town Glendale, MN
Directions
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Big Woods Regional Trail
16 mi · ▲ 277 ft · 5 hr 28 min
Out & Back
Trailhead: 44.74492, -93.41429
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:15 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 2.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 200 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.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Tahpah to Scenic Heights Drainage Way Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading E.
- 1 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 2.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 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
87% paved13% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:15 PM
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