Hiking in Palmer Lake Park
Brooklyn Center/Anoka County • No fee An Urban Park Reserve Palmer Lake Park is a 200-acre natural environmental preserve with a 3-mile paved trail that circles Palmer Lake and the …
Hiking in Tamarack Nature Center
White Bear Township/Ramsey County • Fee: None A Network of Natural-Surface Hiking Trails Tamarack Nature Center, in Ramsey County, is truly a natural area. 4 miles of mostly natural-surface hiking …
Lebanon Hills Campground
Apple Valley/Dakota County • No fee to enter the park Lebanon Hills Campground is surrounded by almost 2,000 acres of forest, lakes and wetlands in Dakota County. It’s hard to …
Cross Country Skiing at Bunker Hills Park
(Andover/Coon Rapids, Anoka County • Park pass and Minnesota Ski Pass required) There are more cross country skiing trails at Bunker Hills Regional Park than anywhere else in Anoka County, …
Bunker Hills Campground
Andover/Coon Rapids, Anoka County • Daily or Annual park pass needed Bunker Hills Campground, part of 1,600-acre Bunker Hills Regional Park, is one of two public campgrounds in Anoka County. …
Cross Country Skiing in Lake Elmo Park Reserve
Lake Elmo, Washington County • Park pass and Washington County Ski Pass required My daughter and I took a cross country ski field trip to Lake Elmo Park Reserve this …
Snowshoeing in Bunker Hills Regional Park
(Andover/Coon Rapids, Anoka County • Park pass needed) We don’t always get enough snow to make snowshoeing worthwhile here near the Cities, which is a major bummer. This winter, though, …
Hiking in Bunker Hills Regional Park
(Andover/Coon Rapids, Anoka County • Daily or annual Anoka County parks pass required.) Bunker Hills Regional Park is (and we’ll admit bias!) one of the Twin Cities’ jewels. Here are …