Section Maps
The individual section maps
are overviews of the over 100 miles of the Paul Bunyan Trail. You may read each individual description to
find the right area you are searching for and then click the "View Map" text to
see that segment. You may also click each town on the section maps to see a description of
that town and a detailed city map.
Section 1
The beginning of the Paul
Bunyan Trail runs through the scenic Brainerd Lakes Area. From mile markers 0.0 to
40.7 covering areas from Brainerd,
Baxter, Merrifield, Nisswa, Pequot Lakes, Jenkins, Pine River, and up
to Backus. View Map
Section 2
Starting at mile
marker 40.7 covering the seven miles to Hackensack ending in Walker at mile marker
71.0. The Section 2 map also includes the Heartland
Trail, covering areas from Park Rapids, Dorset, Nevis, Akeley which joins the
Paul Bunyan trail forming the Paul Bunyan & Heartland State Trail Corridor.
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Section 3
Starting at mile marker 71.0
and ending at 107.9 section 3 covers areas from Walker, Benedict, Laporte,
Guthrie, Nary and Bemidji. With many
bridges and scenic areas located along this segment of the trail it's hard to pass up. The last
stretch of the Paul Bunyan Trail starting with Bemidji at mile marker 100.6 and ending the 107.9 miles of the Paul Bunyan
Trail at the junction of the Blue Ox Trail at Lake Bemidji State Park. The
Heartland trail also continues north to Cass Lake.
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Paved Miles
Paving of the Paul Bunyan Trail is almost complete! Currently, 80
of the roughly 100 miles is paved, and an additional 12 miles (from Bemidji
south to Guthrie) is proposed for paving in 2008.
Paved Miles Include:
• 73 miles from Baxter to north of
Walker
• 7 miles from Lake Bemidji State
Park to County Road 20, across the Mississippi River trestle to 5th and
Gould
All 47 miles of the Heartland State Trail is also paved.
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Click the trail markers above for each town's
detailed
description and map relating to the Paul Bunyan Trail.
You may also click each section to view detailed maps of that area
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