Prairie View Trail
- 0.5 mi
- loop
- 10 ft
- climb
- 692 ft
- high point
- Loop
- route
- Apr–Oct
- best months
Prairie View Trail is a short, easy loop on Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge in Wisconsin, managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The trail is about half a mile long, with a total elevation gain of 10 feet, and it sits at roughly 665 to 692 feet. The route is flat for most of the way, with the steepest stretch at about 0.24 miles, where the grade reaches 2 percent. Late spring and early fall are the most comfortable times to go. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Winona, Minnesota, show May highs around 72°F and September highs around 75°F, with July peaking near 85°F. The trail takes about half an hour to complete. Pine Creek Pass Trail and Woods Trail are both within a mile, and the Aghaming Canoe Trail is about 4 miles away.
- Pine Creek Pass TrailHiking0.6 mi
- Woods TrailHiking0.7 mi
- Aghaming Canoe TrailCanoeing4 mi
- River Road TrailHiking4.6 mi
Sugar Loaf TrailHikingPhoto: Tim Wilson from Blaine, MN, USA, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)4.7 mi
Winona, Sugar LoafRock climbingPhoto: Tim Wilson from Blaine, MN, USA, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)4.8 mi- Mississippi RiverRiver fishing5 mi
Low RollersHikingPhoto: Bien Stephenson, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)6.4 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
Sugar Loaf TrailHiking · ~8 min drivePhoto: Tim Wilson from Blaine, MN, USA, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- VistaHiking · ~39 min drive
Low RollersHiking · ~11 min drivePhoto: Bien Stephenson, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)- Lost Creek TrailHiking · ~1h 10m drive
Ferry Rock TrailHiking · ~56 min drivePhoto: Sank63, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)- Pine Creek Pass TrailHiking · ~1 min drive
- Woods TrailHiking · ~1 min drive
- Pine Creek Dike TrailHiking · ~1 min drive
- Death Road TrailHiking · ~8 min drive
- River Road TrailHiking · ~8 min drive
Best time to visit Prairie View Trail
Best months: April–October. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
27° / 11°
Feb
32° / 15°
Mar
45° / 26°
Apr
59° / 39°
May
72° / 51°
Jun
80° / 61°
Jul
85° / 65°
Aug
82° / 63°
Sep
75° / 55°
Oct
61° / 42°
Nov
45° / 30°
Dec
32° / 18°
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Winona, MN, 5 mi away at 652 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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