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Hiking trails near Minneapolis, Minnesota

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.

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24 trails worth the drive

TrailMilesClimbDifficultyFrom town
Afton State Park trails6.4286 ftHard25 mi
Gateway State Trail27.5259 ftModerate17 mi
Brown's Creek State Trail5.8293 ftModerate24 mi
Minnesota Valley State Trail14.568 ftModerate16 mi
Lone Lake Mountain Bike Trail4.0143 ftEasy9 mi
Valley View Trail3.0124 ftEasy23 mi
Recreation Area Trail4.374 ftEasy23 mi
Prairie Loop3.467 ftEasy24 mi
Great River Trail2.9126 ftEasy8 mi
Long Meadow Lake Trail5.4107 ftEasy8 mi
Prairie Loop (south)3.354 ftEasy12 mi
494 Bike Trail2.3166 ftEasy9 mi
Park Trail1.7117 ftEasy7 mi
Mississippi River316.9429 ftEasy23 mi
Minnehaha Trail3.7108 ftEasy5 mi
Trout Brook Valley1.5188 ftEasy24 mi
Rapids Lake Trail4.756 ftEasy23 mi
Black Loop1.956 ftEasy17 mi
Southwest Wirth1.781 ftEasy3 mi
Travis' Trail1.1143 ftEasy11 mi
Grizzland2.362 ftEasy16 mi
Winchell Trail1.985 ftEasy3 mi
North Loop2.460 ftEasy4 mi
River Bottoms Trail6.736 ftEasy13 mi

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