Minnesota trails · Powwow Trail
Powwow Trail
A 27.2-mile point-to-point in Minnesota, with 168 ft of climbing. Reaches South Wilder Lake and other lake destinations. Managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
Elevation profile
The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route. It gives back about 818 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- South Wilder Lake (lake)
- Mirror Lake (lake)
- Superstition Lake (lake)
- Path Lake (lake)
- Campfire Lake (lake)
- Exploit Lake (lake)
- Pose Lake (lake)
- Marathon Lake (lake)
- Myth Lake (lake)
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Getting there
POW WOW TRAIL TRAILHEAD — parking nearby, restroom, water. 47.80117, -91.30648 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 5:49 a.m., the sun rises at 6:21 a.m. and sets at 7:48 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 8:20 p.m. (CDT) — 13 h 27 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 27.2-mile route takes roughly 10 h 09 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 4:30 p.m. — 3 h 18 min before sunset.
Nearby trails
- Old Pines Loop — 12.3 mi
- Old Pines Loop Trail — 12.8 mi
- Hogback Lupus Trail Loop — 13.4 mi
- Snowbank — 13.6 mi