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Edenbrook Conservation Area

Purgatory Park Trail

11.5 mi · ▲ 140 ft · 3 hr 54 min

Purgatory Park Trail is an 11.5-mile out-and-back in Edenbrook Conservation Area near Shakopee, MN. It is mostly level, with 140 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.82645, -93.50613
Nearest town Shakopee, MN
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Purgatory Park Trail

11.5 mi · ▲ 140 ft · 3 hr 54 min

Out & Back · Edenbrook Conservation Area

Trailhead: 44.82645, -93.50613

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:13 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  4. 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  7. 1.9 miTurn right, heading N.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  9. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
  10. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  11. 1.5 miTurn right, heading N.
  12. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  14. 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
  15. 50 ftTurn left onto Purgatory Park Trail, heading N.
  16. 0.4 miSharp left, heading NW.
  17. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  18. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  19. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  20. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  21. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  22. 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
  23. 450 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  24. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  25. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  26. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  27. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  28. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  29. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  30. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  31. 300 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  32. 400 ftTurn right, heading N.
  33. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  34. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  35. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  36. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  37. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  38. 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
  39. 350 ftBear right, heading N.
  40. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  41. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  42. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  43. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  44. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  45. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
  46. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  47. 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
  48. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  49. 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  50. 1.5 miBear right, heading SW.
  51. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  52. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  53. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  54. 1.9 miTurn right, heading E.
  55. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  56. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  57. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
  58. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  59. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/purgatory-park-trail-out-back-19-km-ede0

Trail surface

74% paved13% dirt7% gravel4% boardwalk2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:02 AMSunset 7:13 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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