diff --git a/pkg/services/navtree/navtreeimpl/navtree.go b/pkg/services/navtree/navtreeimpl/navtree.go
index ef5c52f7ba1..56764dc4988 100644
--- a/pkg/services/navtree/navtreeimpl/navtree.go
+++ b/pkg/services/navtree/navtreeimpl/navtree.go
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ func (s *ServiceImpl) GetNavTree(c *contextmodel.ReqContext, prefs *pref.Prefere
 	}
 
 	if setting.ExploreEnabled && hasAccess(ac.EvalPermission(ac.ActionDatasourcesExplore)) {
+		exploreChildNavLinks := s.buildExploreNavLinks(c)
 		treeRoot.AddSection(&navtree.NavLink{
 			Text:       "Explore",
 			Id:         navtree.NavIDExplore,
@@ -124,6 +125,7 @@ func (s *ServiceImpl) GetNavTree(c *contextmodel.ReqContext, prefs *pref.Prefere
 			Icon:       "compass",
 			SortWeight: navtree.WeightExplore,
 			Url:        s.cfg.AppSubURL + "/explore",
+			Children:   exploreChildNavLinks,
 		})
 	}
 
@@ -373,15 +375,6 @@ func (s *ServiceImpl) buildDashboardNavLinks(c *contextmodel.ReqContext) []*navt
 		}
 	}
 
-	if s.features.IsEnabled(c.Req.Context(), featuremgmt.FlagDatatrails) {
-		dashboardChildNavs = append(dashboardChildNavs, &navtree.NavLink{
-			Text: "Data trails",
-			Id:   "data-trails",
-			Url:  s.cfg.AppSubURL + "/data-trails",
-			Icon: "code-branch",
-		})
-	}
-
 	if hasAccess(ac.EvalPermission(dashboards.ActionDashboardsCreate)) {
 		dashboardChildNavs = append(dashboardChildNavs, &navtree.NavLink{
 			Text: "New dashboard", Icon: "plus", Url: s.cfg.AppSubURL + "/dashboard/new", HideFromTabs: true, Id: "dashboards/new", IsCreateAction: true,
@@ -528,3 +521,17 @@ func (s *ServiceImpl) buildDataConnectionsNavLink(c *contextmodel.ReqContext) *n
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (s *ServiceImpl) buildExploreNavLinks(c *contextmodel.ReqContext) []*navtree.NavLink {
+	exploreChildNavs := []*navtree.NavLink{}
+	if s.features.IsEnabled(c.Req.Context(), featuremgmt.FlagDatatrails) {
+		exploreChildNavs = append(exploreChildNavs, &navtree.NavLink{
+			Text:     "Metrics",
+			SubTitle: "Queryless exploration of your metrics",
+			Id:       "explore/metrics",
+			Url:      s.cfg.AppSubURL + "/explore/metrics",
+			Icon:     "code-branch",
+		})
+	}
+	return exploreChildNavs
+}
diff --git a/public/app/features/trails/ActionTabs/MetricOverviewScene.tsx b/public/app/features/trails/ActionTabs/MetricOverviewScene.tsx
index 20df46cd3eb..adffb65988e 100644
--- a/public/app/features/trails/ActionTabs/MetricOverviewScene.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/trails/ActionTabs/MetricOverviewScene.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import PrometheusLanguageProvider from '../../../plugins/datasource/prometheus/l
 import { PromMetricsMetadataItem } from '../../../plugins/datasource/prometheus/types';
 import { getDatasourceSrv } from '../../plugins/datasource_srv';
 import { ALL_VARIABLE_VALUE } from '../../variables/constants';
-import { VAR_DATASOURCE_EXPR, VAR_GROUP_BY } from '../shared';
+import { TRAILS_ROUTE, VAR_DATASOURCE_EXPR, VAR_GROUP_BY } from '../shared';
 import { getMetricSceneFor } from '../utils';
 
 import { getLabelOptions } from './utils';
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ export class MetricOverviewScene extends SceneObjectBase<MetricOverviewSceneStat
                   key={l.label}
                   href={sceneGraph.interpolate(
                     model,
-                    `/data-trails/trail$\{__url.params:exclude:actionView,var-groupby}&actionView=breakdown&var-groupby=${encodeURIComponent(
+                    `${TRAILS_ROUTE}$\{__url.params:exclude:actionView,var-groupby}&actionView=breakdown&var-groupby=${encodeURIComponent(
                       l.value!
                     )}`
                   )}
diff --git a/public/app/features/trails/DataTrailsApp.tsx b/public/app/features/trails/DataTrailsApp.tsx
index 79743f573f9..c56c8adc17e 100644
--- a/public/app/features/trails/DataTrailsApp.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/trails/DataTrailsApp.tsx
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ export class DataTrailsApp extends SceneObjectBase<DataTrailsAppState> {
       <Switch>
         <Route
           exact={true}
-          path="/data-trails"
+          path="/explore/metrics"
           render={() => (
-            <Page navId="data-trails" layout={PageLayoutType.Custom}>
+            <Page navId="explore/metrics" layout={PageLayoutType.Custom}>
               <div className={styles.customPage}>
                 <home.Component model={home} />
               </div>
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ export class DataTrailsApp extends SceneObjectBase<DataTrailsAppState> {
         />
         <Route
           exact={true}
-          path="/data-trails/trail"
+          path="/explore/metrics/trail"
           render={() => (
-            <Page navId="data-trails" pageNav={{ text: 'Trail' }} layout={PageLayoutType.Custom}>
+            <Page navId="explore/metrics" pageNav={{ text: 'Trail' }} layout={PageLayoutType.Custom}>
               <div className={styles.customPage}>
                 <DataTrailView trail={trail} />
               </div>
diff --git a/public/app/features/trails/shared.ts b/public/app/features/trails/shared.ts
index 2cb3fb479a8..8854ad44df8 100644
--- a/public/app/features/trails/shared.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/trails/shared.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export interface ActionViewDefinition {
   getScene: () => SceneObject;
 }
 
-export const TRAILS_ROUTE = '/data-trails/trail';
+export const TRAILS_ROUTE = '/explore/metrics/trail';
 
 export const VAR_METRIC_NAMES = 'metricNames';
 export const VAR_FILTERS = 'filters';
diff --git a/public/app/routes/routes.tsx b/public/app/routes/routes.tsx
index e42659a68c3..2255864ac83 100644
--- a/public/app/routes/routes.tsx
+++ b/public/app/routes/routes.tsx
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ export function getAppRoutes(): RouteDescriptor[] {
       ),
     },
     {
-      path: '/data-trails',
+      path: '/explore/metrics',
       chromeless: false,
       exact: false,
       component: SafeDynamicImport(