Minnesota trails · Cannon River
Cannon River
A 84.0-mile point-to-point in Minnesota, with 334 ft of climbing. Reaches Cannon River Reservoir and other lake/pass destinations. Managed by the state.
Elevation profile
Most of the climbing sits in the first third — 58% of the ascent, between mile 0.0 and mile 28.0. It climbs almost continuously, with little descent to recover on.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Cannon River Reservoir (lake)
- The Narrows (pass)
- Lake Byllesby (lake)
- Morristown Pond (lake)
- Tetonka Lake (lake)
- Sakatah Lake (lake)
- Cannon Lake (lake)
- Lower Sakatah Lake (lake)
Getting there
Sakatah Singing Hills State Trail access — parking nearby. 44.23108, -93.45253 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:05 a.m., the sun rises at 6:35 a.m. and sets at 7:52 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 8:22 p.m. (CDT) — 13 h 17 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 84.0-mile route works out to roughly 31 h 16 min of walking — more than a single day of daylight here, so plan it as an overnight or hike it in sections.
Across the border
- Continues into WI as Cannon River — view on the map