Winchell Trail in Minneapolis

Winchell Trail, Minneapolis, MN

The Winchell Trail follows the Mississippi River through the bluffs of south Minneapolis. Named after Minnesota geologist Newton Horace Winchell, the trail stretches about 2.5 miles between Franklin Avenue and 44th Street.

Colors on the Winchell Trail in MinneapolisView full post: Colors on the Winchell Trail in Minneapolis
October 18, 2026 — The Winchell Trail in Minneapolis on a unusually warm October afternoon.
Autumn foliage frames a section of the Winchell Trail along the Mississippi River in Minneapolis.View full post: Autumn Foliage on Winchell Trail, Minneapolis
October 22, 2023 — Winchell Trail winds along the Mississippi River gorge in Minneapolis, tucked below West River Parkway between the Lake Street/Marshall Avenue Bridge and Franklin Avenue. The path is named for Newton Horace Winchell, the state geologist who studied the gorge's limestone bluffs in the late 1800s. Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board maintains the trail as part of Mississippi Gorge Regional Park, a segment of the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area established by Congress in 1988.
Storm drain outfall decorated with googly eyes and teeth along the Winchell Trail in Minneapolis during autumn.View full post: Storm Drain Tunnel Art Along the Winchell Trail
October 22, 2023 — Decortations on the outfall of a storm drain in South Minneapolis. Seen in October 2023.
Railroad trestle spans above autumn foliage and the Mississippi River along Winchell Trail in Minneapolis.View full post: Railroad Trestle Bridge, Winchell Trail, Minneapolis
October 22, 2023 — The Winchell Trail follows the Mississippi River Gorge in Minneapolis, tracing the bluffs between Franklin Avenue and Minnehaha Park. It's named for Newton Horace Winchell, Minnesota's first state geologist, who studied the gorge's rock formations in the late 1800s. The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board built the path in the early 1900s as part of the city's Grand Rounds park system, and it remains one of the few stretches of unpaved, natural trail within that network.
Autumn foliage in red and gold colors lines a fenced hiking trail through a wooded area.View full post: Fall Colors on Winchell Trail, Minneapolis
October 22, 2023 — Winchell Trail follows the bluffs above the Mississippi River Gorge in Minneapolis, connecting sections of the parkway system managed by the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board. The trail is named for Newton Horace Winchell, Minnesota's first state geologist, who studied the gorge's rock formations in the late 19th century.

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