This decisive guide to day hikes in the Twin Cities’ area just got better. Within the seven county ‘metro’ area that encompasses the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul lies a network of hundreds of miles of trails.
60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Minneapolis and St. Paul by
Tom Watson showcases the region’s main attractions and personality. Some of these trails are broad, paved corridors through multi-use parks generously developed to provide a myriad of recreational opportunities for the young and old, the robust trekker, and the casual stroller. Trails are based in a wide range of areas such as walkways of grass winding through majestic stands of Minnesota hardwoods. Other hikes are spider-web networks that remind one of well-used deer trails. Some are isolated within a pocket of greenery surrounded by vast ribbons of freeway concrete and broad subdivisions. Others are woven within the fabric of parklands so expansive that you could literally spend weeks hiking all the networks lying within their folds. Twin Cities’ hiking is huge so get the guide that gets you there and back. Updated maps, new hikes, new photos, and brand-new trailhead coordinates make this authoritative guide even more useful than before.
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Table of Contents
Overview Map
Acknowledgments
Foreword
About the Author
Preface
Recommended Hikes
Introduction
Urban-Suburban St. Paul
1 Battle Creek
2 Big Rivers Regional Trail
3 Crosby Farm Park
4 Lake Elmo Park Reserve, Eagle Point Lake
5 South St . Paul Riverfront Trail
6 Thompson County Park, Thompson Trail
Urban-Suburban Minneapolis
7 Bass Ponds Tr ail, Long Meadow Lake
8 Bryant Lake
9 Bunker Hills Regional Park
10 Carlos Avery Trail
11 City Lakes Chain, Lakes Harriet, Calhoun, and Isles
12 Clifton E . French Regional Park
13 Coon Rapids Dam
14 Fort Snelling State Park, Snelling Lake and Pike Island Trails
15 Hyland Lake Park Reserve, Richardson Interpretive Trail
16 L ake Nokomis
17 Minnehaha Falls and Creek
18 Mississippi Gorge Trail
19 Rice Creek North Regional Trail
20 Wood Lake Nature Center
Southwest
21 Cleary Lake Regional Park
22 Douglas State Trail
23 Lake Byllesby Regional Park
24 Louisville Swamp, Mazomani Trail
25 Minnesota Valley State Recreation Area, Lawrence Trail
26 Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve
27 Sakatah Lake State Park
Southeast
28 Afton State Park
29 Barn Bluff
30 Cannon Valley Trail
31 Cottage Grove Ravine Regional Park
32 Frontenac State Park, Bluffside Trail
33 Lebanon Hills Regional Park, Holland/Jensen Lakes Loop
34 Miesville Ravine Park Reserve
35 Nerstrand Big Woods State Park, Big Woods Trail
36 Spring Lake Park Reserve, Schaar’s Bluff Trail
Northwest
37 Baker Park Reserve
38 Baylor Regional Park
39 Carver Park Reserve/Lowry Nature Center, Tamarack Trail
40 Crow-Hassan Park Reserve
41 Elm Creek Park Reserve
42 Elm Creek Park Reserve, Eastman Nature Trail
43 Lake Maria State Park
44 Lake Minnewashta Regional Park, Marsh Trail Loop
45 Lake Rebecca Park Reserve
46 Rum River Central Regional Park
47 Rum River North County Park
48 Sand Dunes State Forest, Ann Lake
49 Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge, Prairie’s Edge Trail
50 Snail Lake
Northeast
51 Gateway State Trail
52 Interstate State Park, Minnesota
53 Interstate State Park, Wisconsin
54 Kinnickinnic State Park, Wisconsin
55 Pine Point Regional Park Trail
56 Red Cedar State Tr a i l , Wisconsin
57 Tamarack Nature Center
58 Wild River State Park
59 William O’Brien State Park, Upper Park Trail
60 Willow River State Park
Appendix: Information Sources
Index
Map Legend
Об авторе
Tom Watson is an award-winning freelance writer specializing in a variety of outdoor topics: kayaking, camping, self-reliance, and more. He is the author of
Best Tent Camping Minnesota and Best Minnesota Camper Cabins as well as a children’s book on paddling. He is an active member of the Outdoor Writers Association of America and the Association of Great Lakes Outdoor Writers. Tom is the Camping 101 editor at sportsmansguide.com and a frequent contributor for Guidelines at paddling.net. Tom’s appreciation for Minnesota parks began as a forestry student at the University of Minnesota, where he spent two field campus sessions in cabins at Lake Itasca and Cloquet. As an avid camper, he has visited every state park in the system.
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