Crystal Lake via Big Woods Regional Trail
2.9 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 59 min
Crystal Lake via Big Woods Regional Trail is a 2.9-mile out-and-back near Prior Lake, MN. The route reaches Crystal Lake at the turnaround, 1.4 miles in. 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.
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 44.71371, -93.42685
Nearest town Prior Lake, MN
Directions
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Crystal Lake via Big Woods Regional Trail
2.9 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 59 min
Out & Back
Trailhead: 44.71371, -93.42685
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:15 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Big Woods Regional Trail, heading E.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftReach Crystal Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 1.4 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
97% paved3% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:15 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Upper Prior Lake via Big Woods Regional Trail 1 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Lower Prior Lake–Lakefront Lake, 3 lakes 1.2 mi · ▲ 81 ft
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