Goodhue Pioneer State Trail

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{{Infobox hiking trail

| name = Goodhue Pioneer State Trail

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| location = Southeast Minnesota, USA

| designation = Minnesota state trail

| length_mi = 10

| trailheads = Red Wing
Hay Creek Township
Zumbrota

| use = Biking, hiking, in-line skating, cross-country skiing, snowmobiling, horseback riding

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| season = Year-round

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

| hazards = Severe weather

| surface = Asphalt, adjacent dirt for partial length

| website = [http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_trails/goodhue_pioneer/index.html Goodhue Pioneer State Trail]

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The Goodhue Pioneer State Trail is a multi-use recreational rail trail in southeastern Minnesota, USA. The {{convert|10|mi|km}} of trail currently exist in two segments, separated by a {{convert|6|mi|km|adj=on|spell=in|sigfig=1}} gap. The {{convert|4|mi|km|adj=on|spell=in|sigfig=1}} northern segment is a paved trail running from Red Wing, Minnesota, to the Hay Creek section{{cite web | title = Hay Creek Management Unit (map)| url = http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/maps/state_forests/sft00033_haycreek.pdf | accessdate = 2009-02-13 |date=June 2002 | publisher = Minnesota Department of Natural Resources}} of the Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood State Forest near Hay Creek Township, with an adjacent natural surface trail for horseback riding through the Hay Creek portion. The {{convert|5.5|mi|km|adj=on}} southern section is a paved 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.{{cite web | last = Huddleston | first = Jerry| title = Chicago Great Western Trails | url = http://www.trainweb.org/cgw/history-bin/cgw_trails.html | accessdate = 2009-02-13}}{{cite web | title = Goodhue Pioneer Trail (R. J. Dorer Memorial Trail) | url = http://www.traillink.com/ViewTrail.aspx?AcctID=6031481 | accessdate = 2009-02-13 | publisher = Rails-to-Trails Conservancy}}

The trail connects to the Cannon Valley Trail in Red Wing.{{cite web | title = Goodhue Pioneer State Trail | url = http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_trails/goodhue_pioneer/index.html | publisher = Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | accessdate = 2011-06-04}}