Hiking trails near North Branch, Minnesota

33 official trails lie within 25 miles of North Branch — 69 miles in total, 33 rated easy and 0 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 137 ft; the median trail gains 36 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	Drive from town
Highland Hills Trail	2.7	104 ft	Easy	22 min · 13 mi
Sunrise Trail	6.8	99 ft	Easy	26 min · 14 mi
Southern Trails	2.2	100 ft	Easy	48 min · 33 mi
Swedish Immigrant Trail	5.6	91 ft	Easy	24 min · 15 mi
Sunrise Loop	4.6	49 ft	Easy	21 min · 11 mi
Pioneer Trail	2.4	89 ft	Easy	27 min · 14 mi
Prairie Overlook Trail	1.4	104 ft	Easy	50 min · 33 mi
Woodland Edge Trail	1.5	137 ft	Easy	46 min · 30 mi
Riverside Trail	2.0	110 ft	Easy	45 min · 30 mi
Deer Creek Loop	2.1	68 ft	Easy	27 min · 14 mi
Railroad Trail	1.0	98 ft	Easy	30 min · 22 mi
River Trail	1.1	97 ft	Easy	29 min · 21 mi
Rolling Hills Savanna Trail	1.1	90 ft	Easy	49 min · 32 mi
Ice Age Trail	1.6	50 ft	Easy	35 min · 22 mi
Park Trail	2.6	42 ft	Easy	42 min · 29 mi
Sunrise Prairie Trail	2.2	43 ft	Easy	9 min · 4 mi
Amador Prairie Loops	2.0	26 ft	Easy	24 min · 14 mi
Central Anoka County Regional Trail	2.7	25 ft	Easy	47 min · 35 mi
Goose Creek Loop	3.1	28 ft	Easy	21 min · 11 mi
Sherman Lake Single-Track	1.7	23 ft	Easy	36 min · 28 mi
East Loop (Bethel Haunted Forest Bike Trail)	1.2	30 ft	Easy	40 min · 28 mi
Mitigwaki Loop	1.2	36 ft	Easy	25 min · 14 mi
River Terrace Loop	1.1	29 ft	Easy	36 min · 16 mi
Grant-in-Aid Trail	1.9	14 ft	Easy	38 min · 30 mi

Quick picks near North Branch

Easy and short: Highland Hills Trail — 2.7 mi, rated easy, 10 mi from town

What the trails reach

Lakes: Riverside Trail to Lake Alice; Ice Age Trail to Indianhead Flowage; Sherman Lake Single-Track to Sherman Lake; Rice Lake Singletrack - 002 to Rice Lake

Viewpoints: River Terrace Loop to Old Nevers Dam Site

Trail guides near North Branch

Mississippi River — 316.9 mi, 429 ft climb · 33 mi away

Nearby towns: Andover (26 mi) · New Richmond (33 mi) · Minneapolis (40 mi) · Cottage Grove (48 mi)

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