Tom Watson 
60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Minneapolis and St. Paul 
Including Hikes In and Around the Twin Cities

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

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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.