Top Rated Hiking Trails
near Elgin, Minnesota
Elgin, Minnesota
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Deer Valley Loop
2.6 mi 4.1 km • 379' Up 115.66 m Up • 375' Down 114.25 m Down

Perrot Ridge Trail
2.1 mi 3.3 km • 478' Up 145.66 m Up • 504' Down 153.51 m Down
Quarry loop
1.8 mi 3.0 km • 119' Up 36.32 m Up • 128' Down 39.09 m Down
Bicentennial Trail
2.0 mi 3.3 km • 333' Up 101.51 m Up • 538' Down 163.85 m Down

Riverview Trail
0.4 mi 0.6 km • 437' Up 133.22 m Up • 7' Down 2.26 m Down
Columbia Parkway Loop
2.3 mi 3.7 km • 92' Up 28.03 m Up • 92' Down 28.19 m Down
Crystal Lake Regional Trail: South
7.0 mi 11.2 km • 70' Up 21.35 m Up • 112' Down 33.99 m Down
Dakota Rail Regional Trail
15.4 mi 24.8 km • 305' Up 93.06 m Up • 346' Down 105.51 m Down
The Bobby
2.3 mi 3.7 km • 191' Up 58.15 m Up • 190' Down 57.97 m Down

Mount Hosmer Drive
0.9 mi 1.5 km • 386' Up 117.7 m Up • 67' Down 20.27 m Down

Kings Bluff Trail
1.3 mi 2.2 km • 59' Up 18.04 m Up • 137' Down 41.83 m Down

Brady's Bluff Trail - West
0.5 mi 0.8 km • 465' Up 141.86 m Up • 22' Down 6.8 m Down

Coyote Point Trail
1.0 mi 1.7 km • 355' Up 108.13 m Up • 48' Down 14.62 m Down
Minnesota River Bluffs Regional Trail
12.7 mi 20.5 km • 276' Up 84.13 m Up • 111' Down 33.78 m Down

Root River Park Trail
1.9 mi 3.0 km • 175' Up 53.22 m Up • 171' Down 52.03 m Down

Jensen Lake Loop Trail
2.2 mi 3.5 km • 137' Up 41.81 m Up • 146' Down 44.38 m Down
Saddle Loop Trail
3.4 mi 5.4 km • 599' Up 182.6 m Up • 521' Down 158.72 m Down

Lake Independence Regional Trail
17.9 mi 28.9 km • 407' Up 124.15 m Up • 339' Down 103.24 m Down
Scott West Regional Trail: South
7.7 mi 12.4 km • 177' Up 54.01 m Up • 170' Down 51.76 m Down
Medicine Lake Regional Trail
17.2 mi 27.7 km • 531' Up 161.7 m Up • 527' Down 160.48 m Down

Brady's Bluff Trail - East
0.8 mi 1.2 km • 446' Up 136.04 m Up • 2' Down 0.57 m Down
Backpack Camping Trail
0.7 mi 1.1 km • 263' Up 80.05 m Up • 11' Down 3.35 m Down
North Meadow Trail
1.8 mi 2.9 km • 207' Up 63.01 m Up • 265' Down 80.64 m Down
Luce Line Regional Trail
9.1 mi 14.7 km • 147' Up 44.73 m Up • 267' Down 81.31 m Down
Prairie Restoration Loop
1.8 mi 2.9 km • 270' Up 82.16 m Up • 324' Down 98.79 m Down
Big Woods Regional Trail: North
5.5 mi 8.9 km • 87' Up 26.61 m Up • 330' Down 100.56 m Down
Forester's Trail
1.8 mi 2.9 km • 368' Up 112.19 m Up • 258' Down 78.66 m Down