Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction 1
Minnesota Weather 1
Flora and Fauna 2
Wilderness Restrictions 5
Getting Around Minnesota 6
How to Use This Guide 7
Ranking the Hikes 9
Map Legend 11
The Hikes
The Confluence 12
1 Minnehaha Falls 14
2 Fort Snelling State Park 20
3 William O'Brien State Park 25
Honorable Mentions 30
Blufflands 32
4 Nerstrand Big Woods State Park 34
5 Barn Bluff 39
6 Frontenac State Park 43
7 Whitewater State Park 48
8 Great River Bluffs State Park 53
9 Beaver Creek Valley 59
Prairie Lands 65
10 Camden State Park 67
11 Pipestone National Monument 73
12 Blue Mounds State Park 80
Honorable Mention 85
Glacial Lakes and Landforms 86
13 St. Croix State Park 88
14 St Croix State Forest-Tamarack 92
15 Banning State Park 98
16 Mille Lacs Kathio State Park 102
17 Savanna Portage State Park 108
18 Pillsbury State Forest 113
19 Lake Maria State Park 117
20 Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge 122
21 Glacial Lakes State Park 127
22 Maplewood State Park 132
23 Itasca State Park 138
24 Scenic State Park 146
Honorable Mentions 151
Glacial Lake Agassiz Plain 152
25 Buffalo River State Park 154
26 Old Mill State Park 159
27 Zippel Bay State Park 164
Lake Superior and Border Lakes 168
28 Voyageurs National Park 170
29 Secret-Blackstone-Ennis Lake Trail 176
30 Bass Lake Trail 181
31 Bear Head Lake State Park 186
32 Border Route-Caribou Rock Trail 192
33 Eagle Mountain 198
34 Grand Portage State Park 203
35 Judge C. R. Magney State Park 208
36 Cascade River 213
37 Split Rock Lighthouse State Park 221
38 Park Point 226
39 Jay Cooke State Park 231
Honorable Mentions 237
Great Escape-The Superior Hiking Trail 242
40 The Superior Hiking Trail 243
The Art of Hiking 259
About the Authors 277
