Hiking trails near Waconia, Minnesota

39 official trails lie within 25 miles of Waconia — 104 miles in total, 37 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 143 ft; the median trail gains 37 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	From town
Minnesota Valley State Trail	14.5	68 ft	Moderate	15 mi
Lone Lake Mountain Bike Trail	4.0	143 ft	Easy	18 mi
Recreation Area Trail	4.3	74 ft	Easy	11 mi
Rapids Lake Trail	4.7	56 ft	Easy	10 mi
Minnesota Valley State Trail (Louisville Swamp Unit)	5.7	59 ft	Easy	13 mi
Southwest Wirth	1.7	81 ft	Easy	25 mi
North Loop	2.4	60 ft	Easy	25 mi
River Bottoms Trail	6.7	36 ft	Easy	20 mi
Prairie Loop	1.5	97 ft	Easy	10 mi
Brownie Lake	1.3	44 ft	Easy	25 mi
Lake Trail	1.9	32 ft	Easy	21 mi
Mazomani Trail	2.2	48 ft	Easy	12 mi
Cherrywood trail	1.1	90 ft	Easy	20 mi
Carver Rapids Trails	1.8	37 ft	Easy	12 mi
Minnesota Valley State Trail (Wilke Unit)	1.9	42 ft	Easy	20 mi
Woodlands Loop	1.1	71 ft	Easy	10 mi
Middle Road Trail	1.4	22 ft	Easy	13 mi
Water Lily Trail	1.5	39 ft	Easy	24 mi
Middle Road	1.6	37 ft	Easy	12 mi
Pond Loop	1.1	36 ft	Easy	21 mi
Minnesota Valley SRA Trail	1.1	32 ft	Easy	13 mi
Blue Lake Trail	2.2	21 ft	Easy	18 mi
Nature Trail	1.7	27 ft	Easy	21 mi
State Access Trail	1.2	38 ft	Easy	11 mi

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