Highway 287 serves as a north–south route in west-central Minnesota between Grey Eagle and Long Prairie.

The roadway passes around the south side of Trace Lake at Grey Eagle.

It also passes around the west side of Big Swan Lake in Burnhamville Township.

[3] Highway 287 changes direction to east–west at its intersection with Todd County Road 13 in Round Prairie Township; and continues as east–west for 2.5 miles before returning again to a north–south direction for the remainder of its route towards Long Prairie.

[1] The route was paved from Grey Eagle to Big Swan Lake in 1952.