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
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading E.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 1.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 2.6 miSharp left onto Purgatory Park Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miSharp right, heading W.
- 2.6 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 1.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 1.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 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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