Upper Prior Lake & Mystic Lake via Big Woods Regional Trail
16.1 mi · ▲ 332 ft · 5 hr 32 min
Upper Prior Lake & Mystic Lake via Big Woods Regional Trail is a 16.1-mile out-and-back near Shakopee, MN. The route passes Mystic Lake before reaching Upper Prior Lake at the turnaround, 8.1 miles in. It climbs 332 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Upper Prior Lake & Mystic Lake via Big Woods Regional Trail
16.1 mi · ▲ 332 ft · 5 hr 32 min
Out & Back
Trailhead: 44.78317, -93.52004
Weather Sep 20: Overcast, high 64°F / low 56° · precip 2% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:17 PM
Transit-accessible: Vierling Court stop 181 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading E.
- 1 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miPass Mystic Lake.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 1.9 miTurn left onto Big Woods Regional Trail, heading E.
- 1.2 miReach Upper Prior Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 1.9 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Vierling Court stop 181 m from the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Minnesota Valley State Trail 12.8 mi · ▲ 134 ft
- Lower Prior Lake & Sand Point Beach 15.9 mi · ▲ 357 ft
- Tahpah to Scenic Heights Drainage Way Trail 8.9 mi · ▲ 108 ft
- Tahpah to Scenic Heights Drainage Way Trail 9.3 mi · ▲ 164 ft
- Tahpah to Scenic Heights Drainage Way Trail 9.4 mi · ▲ 164 ft
- Tahpah to Scenic Heights Drainage Way Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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