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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  3. 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  5. 2.5 miTurn right, heading W.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  7. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  8. 1 miTurn left, heading W.
  9. 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
  10. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  11. 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
  12. 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
  13. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  14. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  15. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  16. 0.9 miTurn right, heading W.
  17. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  18. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  19. 200 ftTurn right, heading N.
  20. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  21. 0.4 miTurn right onto Tahpah to Scenic Heights Drainage Way Trail, heading NW.
  22. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  23. 0.1 miTurn right onto Big Woods Regional Trail, heading W.
  24. 0.6 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  25. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  26. 0.4 miTurn left onto Tahpah to Scenic Heights Drainage Way Trail, heading E.
  27. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  28. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  29. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  30. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  31. 200 ftTurn left, heading E.
  32. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  33. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  34. 0.9 miTurn right, heading E.
  35. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  36. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  37. 0.3 miSharp left, heading S.
  38. 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
  39. 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
  40. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  41. 0.7 miTurn right, heading E.
  42. 1 miBear left, heading S.
  43. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  44. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  45. 2.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  46. 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
  47. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  48. 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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