Purgatory Park Trail
4 mi · ▲ 144 ft · 1 hr 24 min
Purgatory Park Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back in Purgatory Park near Carver Beach, MN. It is mostly level, with 144 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 44.88233, -93.52152
Nearest town Carver Beach, MN
Directions
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Purgatory Park Trail
4 mi · ▲ 144 ft · 1 hr 24 min
Out & Back · Purgatory Park
Trailhead: 44.88233, -93.52152
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:01 AM · sunset 7:15 PM
Transit-accessible: Joseph Curve stop 577 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 1.2 miSharp left onto Purgatory Park Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 300 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.6 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 1.2 miTurn right, 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
58% paved21% gravel21% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 7:01 AMSunset 7:15 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Joseph Curve stop 577 m from the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Minnesota River Bluffs LRT Regional Trail 10.1 mi · ▲ 220 ft
- Minnesota River Bluffs LRT Regional Trail 10.3 mi · ▲ 247 ft
- Minnesota River Bluffs LRT Regional Trail 9.1 mi · ▲ 220 ft
- Purgatory Park Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 136 ft
- Purgatory Park Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 144 ft
- Kivimaki Pond & Round Lake Beach via Purgatory Park Trail 7.3 mi · ▲ 107 ft
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