Best hikes near Minneapolis and Saint Paul

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Title:

Best hikes near Minneapolis and Saint Paul

Author:

Baur, David, author.

ISBN:

9781493023264

Physical Description:

ix, 245 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Series:

Falcon guide.

General Note:

"American Hiking Society" -- cover.

Includes index.

Contents:

Weather -- Flora and Fauna -- Wilderness Restrictions/Regulations -- Getting Around Minneapolis and Saint Paul -- How to use this guide -- Using the Maps -- Trail Finder -- Map Legend -- Urban Minneapolis -- Urban Saint Paul -- North Minneapolis and Saint Paul -- West Minneapolis and Saint Paul -- South Minneapolis and Saint Paul -- East Minneapolis and Saint Paul.

Subject Term:

Hiking -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis Metropolitan Area -- Guidebooks.

Hiking -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul Metropolitan Area -- Guidebooks.

Geographic Term:

Minneapolis Metropolitan Area (Minn.) -- Guidebooks.

Saint Paul Metropolitan Area (Minn.) -- Guidebooks.

Added Author:

Baur, Joe,

Added Corporate Author:

American Hiking Society.

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Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... Bayport Public Library	917.76504 BAU	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Hardwood Creek Library (Forest Lake)	917.76504 BAU	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Hardwood Creek Library (Forest Lake)	917.76504 BAU	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Oakdale Library	917.76504 BAU	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Oakdale Library	917.76504 BAU	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Park Grove Library (Cottage Grove)	917.76504 BAU	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Park Grove Library (Cottage Grove)	917.76504 BAU	Searching... Unknown
Searching... R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury)	917.76504 BAU	Searching... Unknown
Searching... R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury)	917.76504 BAU	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Stillwater Public Library	917.76504 BAU	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Valley Library (Lakeland)	917.76504 BAU	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Wildwood Library (Mahtomedi)	917.76504 BAU	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

Featuring more than 40 of the best hikes in the greater Twin Cities metro area, this exciting new guidebook points locals and visitors alike to trailheads within an hour's drive of Minneapolis and Saint Paul.

Author Notes

David Baur is a freelance writer, author, and consultant. His first novel, The Witches of Nicollet Island, will be completed in 2016. Probably. He hopes. Joe Baur is an editor, freelance writer, and filmmaker who directed Modern Enlightenment and One Cleveland. His work has appeared in Rust Belt Chic: The Cleveland Anthology, Matador Network and Article 3.

Acknowledgments	p. viii
Introduction	p. 1
Weather	p. 4
Flora and Fauna	p. 4
Wilderness Restrictions/Regulations	p. 5
Getting Around Minneapolis and Saint Paul	p. 6
How to Use This Guide	p. 8
Using the Maps	p. 9
Trail Finder	p. 10
Map Legend	p. 14
Urban Minneapolis	p. 15
1 Downtown Hike	p. 16
2 St. Anthony Falls Heritage Trail and Pillsbury Islands	p. 20
3 Uptown Hike	p. 26
4 East River Flats to Witch's Hat	p. 30
5 Chain of Lakes	p. 35
6 Theodore Wirth Regional Park and Cedar Lake	p. 40
7 Minnehaha Creek to Lake Nokomis Lollipop	p. 45
8 Coldwater Spring to Minnehaha Falls	p. 50
9 North Mississippi Regional Park Loop	p. 56
Urban Saint Paul	p. 61
10 Downtown Saint Paul	p. 62
11 Summit-Capitol Loop	p. 68
12 Lake Phalen	p. 74
13 Crosby Farm Regional Park	p. 79
14 Hidden Falls Regional Park	p. 84
15 Pike Island and Fort Snelling State Park	p. 89
North Minneapolis and Saint Paul	p. 93
16 Bunker Hills Regional Park	p. 94
17 Elm Creek Park Reserve	p. 99
18 Crow-Hassan Park Reserve	p. 104
19 Roseville Central Park	p. 109
20 Reservoir Woods	p. 114
21 Tamarack Nature Center	p. 118
22 Rice Creek Chain of Lakes Park Preserve	p. 123
West Minneapolis and Saint Paul	p. 128
23 Lake Rebecca Park Reserve	p. 129
24 Baker Park Reserve	p. 133
25 Wolsfeld Woods Scientific and Natural Area	p. 137
26 Carver Park Reserve	p. 143
27 Minnesota Landscape Arboretum	p. 148
28 Bryant Lake Regional Park	p. 154
South Minneapolis and Saint Paul	p. 160
29 Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge-Louisville Swamp	p. 161
30 Cleary Lake Regional Park	p. 166
31 Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve	p. 171
32 Richard T. Anderson Preservation Area	p. 176
33 Hyland Park Reserve	p. 181
34 Moir Park	p. 185
35 Terrace Oaks Park Loop	p. 189
36 Lebanon Hills East	p. 193
East Minneapolis and Saint Paul	p. 198
37 Cottage Grove Ravine Regional Park	p. 199
38 St. Croix Bluffs Regional Park	p. 204
39 Afton State Park	p. 210
40 Lake Elmo Park Reserve-Eagle Point Lake	p. 215
The Art of Hiking	p. 220
Hike Index	p. 243
About the Authors	p. 245

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