Hiking trails near Andover, Minnesota

101 official trails lie within 25 miles of Andover — 600 miles in total, 95 rated easy and 1 hard or expert. Every distance and elevation figure below is computed from the agency centerline and a 10 m elevation model, not crowd-sourced.

The biggest climb nearby gains 429 ft; the median trail gains 32 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	Drive from town
Lake Rebecca MTB Single-Track	13.7	93 ft	Hard	1 h 03 min · 35 mi
Gateway State Trail	27.5	259 ft	Moderate	45 min · 31 mi
Medicine Lake Regional Trail	16.4	156 ft	Moderate	36 min · 22 mi
Lake Independence Regional Trail	13.9	139 ft	Moderate	46 min · 26 mi
Hillside Singletrack	6.6	93 ft	Moderate	30 min · 19 mi
Lone Lake Mountain Bike Trail	4.0	143 ft	Moderate	48 min · 32 mi
Blue Hill Trail	5.2	97 ft	Easy	1 h 00 min · 39 mi
Purgatory Park Trail	4.2	47 ft	Easy	49 min · 32 mi
Reservoir Woods Trail	2.2	146 ft	Easy	37 min · 25 mi
Nine Mile Creek Regional Trail	5.3	62 ft	Easy	44 min · 28 mi
Luce Line Regional Trail	4.7	100 ft	Easy	36 min · 22 mi
Bassett Creek Regional Trail	4.0	86 ft	Easy	34 min · 20 mi
Indian Mounds Trail	1.9	210 ft	Easy	42 min · 30 mi
Mississippi River	316.9	429 ft	Easy	30 min · 15 mi
Minnehaha Trail	3.6	108 ft	Easy	47 min · 32 mi
East Anoka County Regional Trail	6.7	40 ft	Easy	27 min · 16 mi
Crystal Lake Regional Trail	6.2	42 ft	Easy	31 min · 17 mi
Southwest Wirth	1.8	81 ft	Easy	37 min · 25 mi
Grizzland	2.3	62 ft	Easy	25 min · 12 mi
Winchell Trail	1.9	85 ft	Easy	47 min · 28 mi
North Loop (Back 40)	2.4	60 ft	Easy	39 min · 25 mi
Thunder Bay - Westwinds Park Trail	1.9	96 ft	Easy	37 min · 24 mi
Prairie Oaks Trail	1.8	46 ft	Easy	10 min · 4 mi
Central Anoka County Regional Trail	3.2	45 ft	Easy	13 min · 6 mi

Quick picks near Andover

Easy and short: Purgatory Park Trail — 4.2 mi, rated easy, 25 mi from town
Biggest climb: Mississippi River — 429 ft over 316.9 mi, 9 mi from town
Longest: Mississippi River — 316.9 mi, 9 mi from town

What the trails reach

Summits: Blue Hill Trail to Blue Hill

Lakes: Lake Rebecca MTB Single-Track to Lake Rebecca; Gateway State Trail to Keller Lake; Medicine Lake Regional Trail to Edward Lake; Lake Independence Regional Trail to Lake Ardmore

Viewpoints: Indian Mounds Trail to Carver’s Cave Overlook; Winchell Trail to Drs. Dorothy & Irving Bernstein Scenic Rest Area

Nearby towns: Minneapolis (20 mi) · North Branch (26 mi) · Buffalo (26 mi) · Waconia (36 mi)

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