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Plymouth is a city in Hennepin County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. A suburb in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area, the city is about 10 miles (16 km) west of downtown Minneapolis . The population was 81,026 at the 2020 census , making it Minnesota's 7th-largest city.
There are 64 state parks, nine state recreation areas, nine state waysides, and 23 state trails in the Minnesota state park system, totaling approximately 267,000 acres (1,080 km 2). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A Minnesota state park is an area of land in the U.S. state of Minnesota preserved by the state for its natural, historic, or other resources.
The Landing – Minnesota River Heritage Park, formerly Historic Murphy's Landing, in Shakopee, is a regional park featuring a number of restored buildings from the 19th century. Buildings from the 1840s to the 1880s illustrate what life was like for some of Minnesota's earliest settlers along the Minnesota River.
Bushaway Road, Wayzata Boulevard, Central Avenue North (Wayzata); Brockton Lane North, Troy Lane North (Maple Grove) — — Old MN 101: CSAH 102 — — MN 55 in Golden Valley: West Broadway Avenue (CSAH 8) in Crystal: Douglas Drive North — — CSAH 103 — — Brooklyn Boulevard (CSAH 152 & 130) in Brooklyn Park: West River Road (CSAH 12 ...
Minnesota's first state park, Itasca State Park, was established in 1891, and is the source of the Mississippi River. [21] Today Minnesota has 72 state parks and recreation areas, 58 state forests covering about four million acres (16,000 km 2 ), and numerous state wildlife preserves, all managed by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources .
A typical image of central Minnesota includes the many large and small lakes that surround the cities of St. Cloud (by far the region's largest city), Alexandria, Brainerd, and other settlements. Two lakes in the region, Mille Lacs Lake , with an area of 206 mi 2 (534 km 2 ), and Leech Lake , with an area of 175 mi 2 (453 km 2 ), are ...
In 2017, "members walked the shoreline of the entire lake, in partnership with Three Rivers Park District, to inspect docks on shore for zebra mussels." [12] In 2018, AMLAC petitioned the City of Plymouth to close the Medicine Lake boat launch located at West Medicine Lake Park after the discovery of starry stonewort in the lake. [12]
Hennepin County Road 61 or County State-Aid Highway 61 (CR 61, CSAH 61) is a 24.853-mile-long (39.997 km) major route along the east side of Interstate 494 (I-494) in Hennepin County, Minnesota. The route travels through the west suburbs of the Twin Cities through Maple Grove, Plymouth, Minnetonka, Hopkins and Eden Prairie.