Top rated Hiking areas in Minnesota to elevate your visit (Updated November, 2023)

Top rated Hiking areas in Minnesota

Experience the best that Minnesota has to offer with our curated list of top-rated places. Sorted by average review scores from venues boasting over 30 reviews, these establishments promise exceptional quality and experiences to elevate your visit in the city. This list contains 135 places from Hiking area category.

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Tettegouche State Park

State park

Scenic park offering miles of hiking trails, camping, trout lakes, rock climbing & a visitor center.

4.90 (3.8K reviews)

Itasca State Park

State park

Over 32,000 acres, this vast park includes more than 100 lakes & offers camping, hiking & fishing.

4.90 (3.3K reviews)

Temperance River State Park

State park

Vast lakefront park offers scenic river gorge trails & waterfalls, year-round camping & recreation.

4.90 (1.3K reviews)

Palisade Head

Natural rock climbing area

👍👍 The BEST spot to stop on the North Shore. The views are fantastic, a well maintained parking lot, and clean walking path to the cliffs. It's a MUST see while along Lake superior. While we were visiting, several rock climbers were repelling down the cliff face. It was amazing!

4.90 (883 reviews)

Kawishiwi Falls Trail

Hiking area

👍👍 Amazing trail and not difficult at all. The views are incredible. Beware of swimming ; clear sign is the current pushing upwards at the bottom of the waterfall , but the views are great.

4.90 (415 reviews)

Eastman Nature Center

Hiking area

👍👍 An excellent nature center inside Elm Creek Park Reserve. The building is very large with lots of glass for viewing wildlife. There are many great displays and clean bathrooms. They have live animals here like snakes and turtles. Also there is a bunch of taxidermy animals and hides. Numerous hi...

4.90 (366 reviews)

Congdon Park

Hiking area

👍👍 Such a cool hidden gem in Duluth so many little waterfalls and streams. Very peaceful and relaxing. Many places to squat and relax and enjoy the views. Trails are pretty cool too. It does go up a lot so be prepared for that. But the views are amazing. Side note once you get to the end take the paved...

4.90 (259 reviews)

Oberg Mountain Trail Head

Hiking area

4.90 (236 reviews)

Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park

State park

Home to the state's oldest iron ore mine, this park offers tours, trails & picnic areas.

4.90 (221 reviews)

Sax-Zim Bog Welcome Center

Nature preserve

4.90 (122 reviews)

Park Point Trail Trailhead

Hiking area

👍 Great hike with plenty of parking. I hiked the 2.2 miles out and 2.2 miles back. You start by the airport, walk through an old growth pine forest, along the shoreline, past the remnants of an old lighthouse and the an old building covered in graffiti before reaching the inlet and lighthouse. Lots o...

4.90 (69 reviews)

Belwin Conservancy: Stagecoach Prairie

Hiking area

👍👍 Great grassy prairie flatland kinda style loop. No challenging inclines of any kind. It can be a quick stroll or as long of a walk as you want it to be trails ranging from 1-4 miles.

4.90 (48 reviews)

Miner's Mountain

Hiking area

👍👍 Very narrow road on the way up. Great views from the top though.

4.90 (48 reviews)

Elba Fire Tower

Hiking area

👍👍 If you like tons of stairs (600) and then climbing a 110 foot tower to see spectacular sights from way up high, this is your place. You can park right at the foot of the stairs, basically. They do have a few resting benches along the way. But it is a ways up so come prepared... no bathroom, no food....

4.90 (46 reviews)