Minnesota River Bluffs LRT Regional Trail
10.2 mi · ▲ 220 ft · 3 hr 31 min
Minnesota River Bluffs LRT Regional Trail is a 10.2-mile out-and-back in Edenbrook Conservation Area near Carver Beach, MN. It is mostly level, with 220 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 44.88849, -93.52567
Nearest town Carver Beach, MN
Directions
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Minnesota River Bluffs LRT Regional Trail
10.2 mi · ▲ 220 ft · 3 hr 31 min
Out & Back · Edenbrook Conservation Area
Trailhead: 44.88849, -93.52567
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:01 AM · sunset 7:15 PM
Transit-accessible: Pleasant View Rd stop 659 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Purgatory Park Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 1.7 miTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 150 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Minnesota River Bluffs LRT Regional Trail, heading SE.
- 1.6 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 1.6 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Purgatory Park Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 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
66% paved31% gravel3% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:01 AMSunset 7:15 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Pleasant View Rd stop 659 m from the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Shady Oak Lake–Minnehaha Creek, 4 lakes 16.1 mi · ▲ 194 ft
- Minnesota River Bluffs LRT Regional Trail 10 mi · ▲ 248 ft
- Minnesota River Bluffs LRT Regional Trail 8.9 mi · ▲ 194 ft
- Purgatory Park Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 108 ft
- Purgatory Park Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 119 ft
- Purgatory Park Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 119 ft
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