Hidden Ponds via Purgatory Park Trail
6 mi · ▲ 161 ft · 2 hr 5 min
Hidden Ponds via Purgatory Park Trail is a 6-mile out-and-back in Edenbrook Conservation Area near Carver Beach, MN. The route reaches Hidden Ponds at the turnaround, 2.9 miles in. It is mostly level, with 161 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 44.88541, -93.52848
Nearest town Carver Beach, MN
Directions
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Hidden Ponds via Purgatory Park Trail
6 mi · ▲ 161 ft · 2 hr 5 min
Out & Back · Edenbrook Conservation Area
Trailhead: 44.88541, -93.52848
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:01 AM · sunset 7:15 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Purgatory Park Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miPass Hidden Ponds.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miReach Hidden Ponds, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 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
68% paved10% dirt9% boardwalk13% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:01 AMSunset 7:15 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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