Minnesota trails · Taconite State Trail
Taconite State Trail
A 109.9-mile point-to-point in Minnesota, with 292 ft of climbing. Reaches Hanson Lake Impoundment and other lake destinations. Managed by Minnesota DNR.
Elevation profile
The climbing leans toward the final third: 52% of the ascent falls between mile 73.3 and mile 109.9. It gives back about 2,045 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Hanson Lake Impoundment (lake)
- Goat Lake (lake)
- Beaver Lake (lake)
- Candle Lake (lake)
- Stumple Lake (lake)
Getting there
Taconite State Trail access. About 59 min drive (27 mi, 2 of them unpaved) from Hibbing. 47.68086, -92.97574 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:58 a.m., the sun rises at 7:29 a.m. and sets at 6:25 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:57 p.m. (CDT) — 10 h 57 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 109.9-mile route works out to roughly 40 h 51 min of walking — more than a single day of daylight here, so plan it as an overnight or hike it in sections.