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Purgatory Park

Purgatory Park Trail

8 mi · ▲ 135 ft · 2 hr 44 min

Purgatory Park Trail is an 8-mile out-and-back in Purgatory Park near Chanhassen, MN. It is mostly level, with 135 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.86254, -93.54172
Nearest town Chanhassen, MN
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Purgatory Park Trail

8 mi · ▲ 135 ft · 2 hr 44 min

Out & Back · Purgatory Park

Trailhead: 44.86254, -93.54172

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:14 PM

Transit-accessible: 78 St W (N) stop 387 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  3. 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
  4. 2.6 miSharp left onto Purgatory Park Trail, heading E.
  5. 0.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  6. 0.7 miSharp right, heading W.
  7. 2.6 miBear right, heading S.
  8. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  9. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/purgatory-park-trail-out-back-13-km-681e

Trail surface

84% paved14% gravel2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:02 AMSunset 7:14 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: 78 St W (N) stop 387 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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