Minnetonka Loop Trail
3 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Minnetonka Loop Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back in Big Willow Park near Oak Knoll, MN. It is mostly level, with 81 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Minnetonka Loop Trail
3 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Elevation 918–1,011 ft
Out & Back · Big Willow Park
Trailhead: 44.96535, -93.44222
Weather Sep 25: sunrise 7:05 AM · sunset 7:07 PM
Transit-accessible: Henn Co Svc Ctr stop 111 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 1.4 miSharp left onto Minnetonka Loop Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
- 1.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~19 min). Leave by 6:29 PM for the 7:07 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:40 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Henn Co Svc Ctr stop 111 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Minnetonka Loop Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 84 ft
- Minnetonka Loop Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 81 ft
- Minnetonka Loop Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 81 ft
- Minnetonka Loop Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 84 ft
- Minnetonka Loop Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Minnetonka Loop Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 27 ft
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