Purgatory Park Trail
9.1 mi · ▲ 194 ft · 3 hr 8 min
Purgatory Park Trail is a 9.1-mile out-and-back in Purgatory Park near Chanhassen, MN. It is mostly level, with 194 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 44.86244, -93.54298
Nearest town Chanhassen, MN
Directions
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Purgatory Park Trail
9.1 mi · ▲ 194 ft · 3 hr 8 min
Out & Back · Purgatory Park
Trailhead: 44.86244, -93.54298
Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:14 PM
Transit-accessible: 78 St W (N) stop 296 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
- 2.6 miSharp left onto Purgatory Park Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.5 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 200 ftBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading N.
- 350 ftBear right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.6 miSharp right, heading E.
- 2.6 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 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
72% paved17% gravel9% dirt2% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:02 AMSunset 7:14 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: 78 St W (N) stop 296 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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