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Upper Prior Lake via Big Woods Regional Trail

3.3 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 7 min

Upper Prior Lake via Big Woods Regional Trail is a 3.3-mile out-and-back near Grainwood, MN. The route reaches Upper Prior Lake at the turnaround, 1.6 miles in. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.72874, -93.45674
Nearest town Grainwood, MN
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Upper Prior Lake via Big Woods Regional Trail

3.3 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 7 min

Out & Back

Trailhead: 44.72874, -93.45674

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:15 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.5 miTurn left onto Big Woods Regional Trail, heading E.
  3. 1.2 miReach Upper Prior Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 1.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  5. 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.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/upper-prior-lake-out-back-5-km

Trail surface

99% paved1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:15 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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