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Purgatory Park

Purgatory Park Trail

14.7 mi · ▲ 358 ft · 5 hr 5 min

Purgatory Park Trail is a 14.7-mile out-and-back in Purgatory Park near Shorewood, MN. It climbs 358 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.88530, -93.57993
Nearest town Shorewood, MN
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Purgatory Park Trail

14.7 mi · ▲ 358 ft · 5 hr 5 min

Out & Back · Purgatory Park

Trailhead: 44.88530, -93.57993

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  3. 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
  4. 1.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  5. 1.5 miTurn left, heading S.
  6. 450 ftTurn left, heading E.
  7. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  8. 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
  9. 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
  10. 2.6 miSharp left onto Purgatory Park Trail, heading E.
  11. 0.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  12. 0.7 miSharp right, heading W.
  13. 2.6 miBear right, heading S.
  14. 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  15. 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
  16. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  17. 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
  18. 1.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
  19. 1.2 miBear left, heading W.
  20. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  21. 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-24-km-b41c

Trail surface

90% paved8% gravel2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:02 AMSunset 7:14 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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