77 official trails lie within 25 miles of Minneapolis — 525 miles in total, 73 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 40 ft.
| Trail | Miles | Climb | Difficulty | From town |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afton State Park trails | 6.4 | 286 ft | Hard | 25 mi |
| Gateway State Trail | 27.5 | 259 ft | Moderate | 17 mi |
| Brown's Creek State Trail | 5.8 | 293 ft | Moderate | 24 mi |
| Minnesota Valley State Trail | 14.5 | 68 ft | Moderate | 16 mi |
| Lone Lake Mountain Bike Trail | 4.0 | 143 ft | Easy | 9 mi |
| Valley View Trail | 3.0 | 124 ft | Easy | 23 mi |
| Recreation Area Trail | 4.3 | 74 ft | Easy | 23 mi |
| Prairie Loop | 3.4 | 67 ft | Easy | 24 mi |
| Great River Trail | 2.9 | 126 ft | Easy | 8 mi |
| Long Meadow Lake Trail | 5.4 | 107 ft | Easy | 8 mi |
| Prairie Loop (south) | 3.3 | 54 ft | Easy | 12 mi |
| 494 Bike Trail | 2.3 | 166 ft | Easy | 9 mi |
| Park Trail | 1.7 | 117 ft | Easy | 7 mi |
| Mississippi River | 316.9 | 429 ft | Easy | 23 mi |
| Minnehaha Trail | 3.7 | 108 ft | Easy | 5 mi |
| Trout Brook Valley | 1.5 | 188 ft | Easy | 24 mi |
| Rapids Lake Trail | 4.7 | 56 ft | Easy | 23 mi |
| Black Loop | 1.9 | 56 ft | Easy | 17 mi |
| Southwest Wirth | 1.7 | 81 ft | Easy | 3 mi |
| Travis' Trail | 1.1 | 143 ft | Easy | 11 mi |
| Grizzland | 2.3 | 62 ft | Easy | 16 mi |
| Winchell Trail | 1.9 | 85 ft | Easy | 3 mi |
| North Loop | 2.4 | 60 ft | Easy | 4 mi |
| River Bottoms Trail | 6.7 | 36 ft | Easy | 13 mi |
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