Purgatory Park Trail
15.8 mi · ▲ 364 ft · 5 hr 27 min
Purgatory Park Trail is a 15.8-mile out-and-back in Purgatory Park near Shorewood, MN. It climbs 364 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 44.88845, -93.58150
Nearest town Shorewood, MN
Directions
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Purgatory Park Trail
15.8 mi · ▲ 364 ft · 5 hr 27 min
Out & Back · Purgatory Park
Trailhead: 44.88845, -93.58150
Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:14 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Donahue Drive, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 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.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
- 2.6 miSharp left onto Purgatory Park Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.6 miSharp right, heading E.
- 2.6 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 1.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 1.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Donahue Drive, heading SW.
- 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
87% paved6% dirt5% gravel2% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:02 AMSunset 7:14 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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