List of rail trails in Minnesota
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Minnesota Rail Trails are former railway lines that have been converted to paths designed for pedestrian, bicycle, skating, equestrian, and/or light motorized traffic. Rail trails
are multi-use paths offering at least pedestrians and cyclists recreational access to the routes.
Rail trail
A rail trail is the conversion of a disused railway easement into a multi-use path, typically for walking, cycling and sometimes horse riding. The characteristics of former tracks—flat, long, frequently running through historical areas—are appealing for various development. The term sometimes also...
are multi-use paths offering at least pedestrians and cyclists recreational access to the routes.
- Agassiz Recreational TrailAgassiz Recreational TrailAgassiz Recreational Trail is a 53-mile multi-use rail trail in northwest Minnesota between Crookston, MN and Ulen, MN. Hiking, bicycling, horseback riding, cross-country skiing, snowmobiling, and ATV riding are allowed on the naturally surfaced trail. The trail is owned by Clay, Norman, and Polk...
http://agassiztrail.com/maps.html - Big Rivers Regional TrailBig Rivers Regional TrailBig Rivers Regional Trail is a rail trail in Minnesota, in the cities of Lilydale, Mendota, and Mendota Heights.The paved trail occupies an abandoned railroad corridor. It is used for walking, biking and inline skating and is part of the Dakota County park system. The trail follows the...
- Blufflands State TrailBlufflands State TrailBlufflands State Trail is a paved multi-use rail trail system in southeast Minnesota. The trail system consists of two main segments, the Root River segment, and Harmony-Preston Valley segment. The trails are used mainly for bicycling, hiking, and inline skating in the summer, and for cross...
: - Bruce Vento Regional TrailBruce Vento Regional TrailThe Bruce Vento Regional Trail is a rail trail in the cities of Vadnais Heights, Gem Lake, Maplewood, and Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA.The trail occupies an abandoned Burlington Northern Railroad corridor and intersects with the Gateway State Trail in Maplewood and continues to just east of Lake...
- Cannon Valley TrailCannon Valley TrailThe Cannon Valley Trail is a paved, multiple-use trail that follows the Cannon River in southeast Minnesota.The trail follows an abandoned Chicago Great Western Railway corridor for between Cannon Falls, Minnesota and Red Wing, Minnesota. In the spring, summer, and fall months, the trail is open...
- Cedar Lake TrailCedar Lake TrailThe Cedar Lake Regional Trail is America's first bicycle freeway. It is a rail trail that runs about from downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota west to Minnesota State Highway 100 in the neighboring suburb of St. Louis Park. The trail was inaugurated on February 17, 1995. At the trail's west end,...
- Central Lakes TrailCentral Lakes TrailThe Central Lakes State Trail is a paved recreational rail trail in central Minnesota, USA, running along a former Burlington Northern Railroad line. The trail is marked with mileposts every mile, corresponding with the mile markers of the former railroad line...
- Dakota Rail Regional TrailDakota Rail Regional TrailThe Dakota Rail Trail runs 20 miles from Wayzata to Mayer, Minnesota. Along the way it runs through the towns of Spring Park and St. Bonifacious. It is famous for being the first trail to connect Lake Minnetonka and Lake Waconia.-History:...
http://www.dakotarailtrail.com/ - Douglas State TrailDouglas State TrailThe Douglas State Trail is a multiple-use rail trail in Minnesota, USA.It occupies the abandoned Chicago Great Western Railway corridor between Rochester and Pine Island, passing through Douglas along the way...
- Gateway State TrailGateway State TrailThe Gateway State Trail is a multi-use recreational rail trail in Minnesota, USA, running from Saint Paul to Pine Point Regional Park through urban landscapes of eastern Saint Paul in Ramsey County and rural farmland and forests in Washington County...
- Glacial Lakes State TrailGlacial Lakes State TrailThe Glacial Lakes State Trail is a multi-use recreational rail trail in south-central Minnesota, USA. Developed from a former Burlington Northern Railroad grade, it traverses a landscape of lakes and gently rolling hills formed 10,000 years ago during the last glacial period...
- Hardwood Creek Regional Trail /
- Sunrise Prairie Trail
- Heartland State TrailHeartland State TrailThe Heartland State Trail is a multi-use recreational rail trail in north-central Minnesota, USA. It runs between Park Rapids and Cass Lake, intersecting with the Paul Bunyan State Trail around Walker. The entire route is paved, with a parallel grass trackway along the southern half for...
- Lake Wobegon TrailsLake Wobegon TrailsThe Lake Wobegon Trails are two paved recreational rail trails in central Minnesota, named after the fictional Lake Wobegon in Garrison Keillor's "Prairie Home Companion". Each trail is marked with mileposts every , corresponding with the mile markers of the former railroad lines...
- Luce Line State Trail
- Midtown GreenwayMidtown GreenwayThe Midtown Greenway is a rail trail in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is considered under segregated cycle facilities.Used both recreationally and for commuting, the partially below-grade Greenway runs east-west about one block north of Lake Street...
- Paul Bunyan Trail
- Sakatah Singing Hills State TrailSakatah Singing Hills State TrailSakatah Singing Hills State Trail is a paved multi-use rail trail connecting Faribault and Mankato, Minnesota, USA.It is maintained by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, which converted it from a railroad line. The name comes from the Dakota people who lived in the region; "Sakatah"...
- Soo Line Trail
- Southwest LRT TrailSouthwest LRT TrailThe Southwest LRT Trail is a system of bicycle trails that extends through several western suburbs of Minneapolis, Minnesota. They are operated by the Three Rivers Park District....
- Wapiti Trail http://www.visitnwminnesota.com/tour_trails.htm
- Willard Munger State TrailWillard Munger State TrailThe Willard Munger State Trail is a system of recreational trails between Hinckley, Minnesota and Duluth, Minnesota. There are actually three segments of the trail.-Hinckley to Duluth Segment:...