Big Woods Regional Trail
2.3 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 47 min
Big Woods Regional Trail is a 2.3-mile out-and-back near Prior Lake, MN. It is mostly level, with 26 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi938 – 971 ft2.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 44.70536, -93.43580
Nearest town Prior Lake, MN
Directions
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Big Woods Regional Trail
2.3 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 47 min
Elevation 939–972 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 44.70536, -93.43580
Weather Sep 25: sunrise 7:05 AM · sunset 7:07 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Big Woods Regional Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miReach Big Woods Regional Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.9 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
99% paved1% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:05 AMSunset 7:07 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 6:45 PM for the 7:07 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:25 PM — 12 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Upper Prior Lake–Mystic Lake, 3 lakes 10.9 mi · ▲ 242 ft
- Big Woods Regional Trail 2 mi · ▲ 26 ft
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