Purgatory Park

Purgatory Park Trail

15.7 mi · ▲ 302 ft · 5 hr 23 min

Purgatory Park Trail is a 15.7-mile out-and-back in Purgatory Park near Shorewood, MN. It climbs 302 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.88690, -93.57852
Nearest town Shorewood, MN

Directions

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Purgatory Park Trail

15.7 mi · ▲ 302 ft · 5 hr 23 min

Out & Back · Purgatory Park

Trailhead: 44.88690, -93.57852

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  3. 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  5. 0.6 miBear right, heading E.
  6. 1.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  7. 1.5 miTurn left, heading S.
  8. 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
  9. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  10. 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
  11. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  12. 2.6 miSharp left onto Purgatory Park Trail, heading E.
  13. 0.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  14. 0.7 miSharp right, heading W.
  15. 2.6 miBear right, heading S.
  16. 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  17. 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
  18. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  19. 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
  20. 1.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
  21. 1.2 miBear left, heading W.
  22. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
  23. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  24. 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
  25. 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 surface

91% paved7% gravel2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:02 AMSunset 7:14 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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