Purgatory Park

Purgatory Park Trail

16 mi · ▲ 332 ft · 5 hr 30 min

Purgatory Park Trail is a 16-mile out-and-back in Purgatory Park near Shorewood, MN. It climbs 332 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

16 mi · ▲ 332 ft · 5 hr 30 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. 0.4 miSharp left, heading N.
  14. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  15. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  16. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  17. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  18. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  19. 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
  20. 450 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  21. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  22. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  23. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  24. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  25. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  26. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  27. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  28. 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
  29. 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  30. 100 ftBear right, heading N.
  31. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  32. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  33. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  34. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  35. 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
  36. 350 ftBear right, heading NW.
  37. 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
  38. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  39. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  40. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  41. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  42. 0.6 miSharp right, heading E.
  43. 2.6 miBear right, heading S.
  44. 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  45. 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
  46. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  47. 450 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  48. 1.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  49. 1.2 miBear left, heading N.
  50. 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
  51. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  52. 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
  53. 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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