Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge
Minnesota Valley State Trail
10.7 mi · ▲ 83 ft · 3 hr 36 min
Minnesota Valley State Trail is a 10.7-mile out-and-back in Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge near Barden, MN. It is mostly level, with 83 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Minnesota Valley State Trail
10.7 mi · ▲ 83 ft · 3 hr 36 min
Out & Back · Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge
Trailhead: 44.76823, -93.43915
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:15 PM
Transit-accessible: Eagle Creek Avenue Transit Station stop 208 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 1.6 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 1 miTurn right onto Minnesota Valley State Trail, heading N.
- 2.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 2.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 350 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
- 1.5 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
Weather
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Eagle Creek Avenue Transit Station stop 208 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Tahpah to Scenic Heights Drainage Way Trail 11.9 mi · ▲ 164 ft
- Minnesota Valley State Trail 10.7 mi · ▲ 83 ft
- Big Woods Regional Trail 11.3 mi · ▲ 191 ft
- Jeffers Pond & Jeffers Wildlife Pond 4.4 mi · ▲ 109 ft
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