60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Minneapolis and St. Paul: Includes Hikes in and Around the Twin Cities (2nd Edition) Book

Acknowledgments     vii
Foreword     viii
About the Author     ix
Preface     x
Hiking Recommendations     xiii
Introduction     1
Urban-Suburban St. Paul     11
Battle Creek     12
Big River Regional Trail     15
Crosby Farm Park     19
Lake Como, Como Park     23
Lake Elmo Park Reserve, Eagle Point Lake     26
Lake Phalen     30
Thompson Trail, Thompson County Park     33
Urban-Suburban Minneapolis     37
Bass Pond Trail, Long Meadow Lake     38
Bryant Lake Figure Eight     42
Bunker Hills Regional Park     45
Carlos Avery Trail     49
City Lakes Chain, Lakes Harriet, Calhoun, and Isles     53
Clifton E. French Regional Park     57
Coon Rapids Dam     60
Fort Snelling State Park     63
Hyland Lakes Park Reserve, Richardson Interpretive Trail     66
Lake Nokomis     70
Minnehaha Falls and Creek     71
Mississippi Gorge Trail     79
Wood Lake Nature Center     84
Southwest     89
Cleary LakeRegional Park     90
Crow-Hassen Regional Park     94
Douglas State Trail     98
Lake Byllesby Regional Park     102
Lawrence Trail, Minnesota Valley     105
Mazomani Trail, Louisville Swamp/Minnesota Valley     109
Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve     114
Sakatah Lake State Park     117
Southeast     121
Afton State Park     122
Barn Bluff     126
Cottage Grove Ravine Regional Park     130
Frontenac State Park, Bluffside Trail     134
Lebanon Hills Regional Park, Holland/Jensen lakes Loop     138
Miesville Ravine Park     143
Nerstrand Big Woods State Park, Big Woods Trail     146
Rice Lake State Park     150
Spring Lake Park Reserve, Schaar's Bluff Trail     153
Northwest     159
Ann Lake, Sand Dunes State Forest     160
Baker Park Reserve     163
Baylor Regional Park     167
Eastman Nature Trail     170
Elm Creek Park Reserve     175
Lake Maria State Park     179
Lake Minnewashta Regional Park, Marsh Trail Loop     183
Lake Rebecca Park Reserve     186
Rum River Central     190
Rum River North     194
Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge, Prairie's Edge Trail     197
Snail Lake     201
Tamarack Trail, Lowry Nature Center/Carver Park Reserve     204
Northeast     209
Gateway State Trail     210
Interstate Park, Minnesota     214
Interstate Park, Wisconsin     218
Kinnickinnic State Park, Wisconsin     223
Pine Point Park Trail     226
Red Cedar Trail, Wisconsin     229
Tamarack Nature Center     233
Wild River State Park     236
William O'Brien State Park, Upper Park Trail     240
Willow River State Park     244
Information Sources     253
Index     255