Hiking trails near Cottage Grove, Minnesota

61 official trails lie within 25 miles of Cottage Grove — 165 miles in total, 57 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 293 ft; the median trail gains 43 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	From town
Afton State Park trails	6.4	286 ft	Hard	8 mi
Gateway State Trail	27.5	259 ft	Moderate	16 mi
Brown's Creek State Trail	5.8	293 ft	Moderate	18 mi
Deer Valley Loop	2.3	207 ft	Easy	7 mi
Valley View Trail	3.0	124 ft	Easy	16 mi
Prairie Loop	3.4	67 ft	Easy	7 mi
Great River Trail	2.9	126 ft	Easy	13 mi
Long Meadow Lake Trail	5.4	107 ft	Easy	15 mi
Prairie Loop (south)	3.3	54 ft	Easy	9 mi
494 Bike Trail	2.3	166 ft	Easy	13 mi
Park Trail	1.7	117 ft	Easy	14 mi
Minnehaha Trail	3.7	108 ft	Easy	15 mi
Trout Brook Valley	1.5	188 ft	Easy	7 mi
Black Loop	1.9	56 ft	Easy	13 mi
Southwest Wirth	1.7	81 ft	Easy	23 mi
Travis' Trail	1.1	143 ft	Easy	11 mi
Winchell Trail	1.9	85 ft	Easy	17 mi
North Loop	2.4	60 ft	Easy	24 mi
River Bottoms Trail	6.7	36 ft	Easy	23 mi
Butterfly Trail	1.5	82 ft	Easy	11 mi
Brownie Lake	1.3	44 ft	Easy	23 mi
Lake Trail	1.9	32 ft	Easy	22 mi
Mendota Trail	6.0	27 ft	Easy	14 mi
Mill Towns State Trail	1.7	66 ft	Easy	20 mi

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