Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge · Minnesota

Minnesota Valley State Trail (Louisville Swamp Unit)

5.7 mi of trail, end to end · about 50 ft of climbing · 702 ft–768 ft · earth/native surface · trail No. T213 · trail class 2 (moderately developed) · condition: fully functional · slope 1% on average, 21% at most · tread 3 ft wide · bike, hiking, horse, mule, ski, snow shoe

715 ft 702 ft · 2.3 mi high 717 ft

Begins FWS Boundary, 44.7458, -93.6147 · ends: FWS Boundary/Quaker Ave - no trailhead mapped Drive to where the trail begins

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the US Fish and Wildlife Service's refuge trails inventory (public domain), read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the Service's trail mileage where it gives one, else the sections' sum; the surface, class, condition, uses, width, slope, dogs, bicycles and accessibility are the Service's own entries, and where a trail begins is the Service's own start point and words for it. The Service publishes no trailhead points for the refuges. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the refuge's own site before you go.