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Goodhue Pioneer State Trail

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Length
  
10 mi (16 km)

Season
  
Year-round

Designation
  
Minnesota state trail

Goodhue Pioneer State Trail httpswwwtraillinkcomphotosgoodhuepioneers

Location
  
Southeast Minnesota, USA

Use
  
Biking, hiking, in-line skating, cross-country skiing

Sights
  
Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood State Forest: Hay Creek Unit, North Fork Zumbro River, Zumbrota Covered Bridge

Trailheads
  
Red Wing, Hay Creek Township, Zumbrota

The Goodhue Pioneer State Trail is a multi-use recreational rail trail in southeastern Minnesota, USA. The 10 miles (16 km) of trail currently exist in two segments, separated by a 6-mile (9.7 km) gap. The 4-mile (6.4 km) northern segment is a paved trail running from Red Wing, Minnesota, to the Hay Creek section of the Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood State Forest near Hay Creek Township. The 5.5-mile (8.9 km) southern section is a natural-surface trail running northward from the Zumbrota Covered Bridge Park in Zumbrota, Minnesota. The trail corridor follows an abandoned Chicago Great Western Railway segment that was originally built by the Duluth, Red Wing, & Southern Railroad in 1888, and abandoned in 1964 following a derailment.

Map of Goodhue Pioneer Trail, Zumbrota, MN 55992, USA

The trail connects to the Cannon Valley Trail in Red Wing.

References

Goodhue Pioneer State Trail Wikipedia