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The Mississippi National River and Recreation Area is a 72-mile (116 km) and 54,000-acre (22,000 ha) protected corridor along the Mississippi River through Minneapolis–Saint Paul in the U.S. state of Minnesota, from the cities of Dayton and Ramsey to just downstream of Hastings.
The area was designated as a Minnesota State Scenic Byway in 1997 and a National Scenic Byway in 1998. The Grand Rounds are considered to be the most significant example of an urban byway, as most such areas run through rural regions. Portions are also part of the Great River Road along the Mississippi River.
The area of the neighborhood that had views of the river valley and Downtown Saint Paul was purchased as early as the 1850s, with most of the houses being built in the 1880s. [8] On the edge of the southern and highest part of Dayton's Bluff along the Mississippi River is the Indian Mounds Park .
Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area: 6 9.7: Paved: Wends through a regenerating open-pit mining area and connects with several mountain biking trails. [110] Douglas State Trail: Pine Island – Rochester: 13 21: Parallel paved and unpaved: Stretches through the rural scenery of a rich agricultural region. [111] Gateway State Trail: St. Paul ...
The Bruce Vento Regional Trail is a rail trail in the cities of Vadnais Heights, Gem Lake, Maplewood, and Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA. The trail occupies an abandoned Burlington Northern Railroad corridor and intersects with the Gateway State Trail in Maplewood and continues to just east of Lake Phalen in Saint Paul. South of the lake, it ...
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has created an Accessible Recreation Destinations Map for over 200 ADA accessible education centers, campgrounds and day use areas ...
Indian Mounds Regional Park is a public park in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, featuring six burial mounds overlooking the Mississippi River.The oldest mounds were constructed about 2,500 years ago by local Indigenous people linked to the Archaic period, who may have been inspired by the burial style known as the Hopewell Tradition. [4]
Feb. 28—As an 18-year-old high school student on the verge of entering the University of St. Thomas, Mike Hahm landed a city rec center job on St. Paul's Rice Street, a mixed-income community ...