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Minnesota
PINCUSHION-MOUNTAIN LOOP
1.3 mi
Distance
461 ft
Gain
32 min
Time
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What we do know
Inside Superior National Forest
2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
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PINCUSHION-MOUNTAIN LOOP
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 1.3 mi
- Elevation gain
- 461 ft
- Elevation loss
- 461 ft
- Highest point
- 1,250 ft
- Lowest point
- 1,140 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Dogs
- unknown
- Bikes
- no
About this trail
Pincushion Mountain Out-and-back is a 2.62-mile out-and-back trail in Minnesota with 461 feet of elevation gain and loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 1,250 feet.
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