Parking is available at the campgrounds in St. Croix State Park and the three state forests (Chengwatana, St. Croix and Nemadji) along the trail. Please contact Minnesota's Department of Natural Resources for more information:
DNR Information Center
500 Lafayette Rd
St. Paul, MN 55155-4040
info.dnr@state.mn.us
888-646-6367 (toll free)
It’s neat that our state buys trail right-of-way like this, but this end is rough with lots of ponded water this past Spring weekend. We gave up before we got to the the Million Dollar Bridge.
it's another free, gorgeous state park. give it the review it deserves.
I ran 7.5 miles from the southern trailhead in an effort to get off the pavement and into the woods. The landscape was beautiful, but the going was tough. This was partly my fault since 95% of the trail was still covered in snow/ice, but this trail is primarily snowmobile/ATV use (I passed a couple ATV groups who nodded politely as they passed, no doubt thinking I was crazy or lost or both). The portions of trail not snow covered were rutted and uneven making even these stretches difficult.
Overall not great for trail running. I'll experiment with other sections, but unless you have a fat bike I wouldn't recommend this lower section.
TrailLink is a free service provided by Rails-to-Trails conservancy
(a non-profit) and we need your support!