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<\/a><\/strong>Douglas State Trail<\/a> is a 12.5 paved rail\/trail which “crosses outstanding rural scenery, traversing some of the richest agricultural land in Minnesota.\u00a0The trail begins in northwestern Rochester, travels through the small town of Douglas …\u00a0and terminates in Pine Island.” Map<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 “trail segment between the towns of Douglas and Pine Island will be closed beginning October 22 to replace two trail bridges. There is no detour without riding on roads. The anticipated completion date is December 5.”
\n<\/a><\/em>The Matthew Lourey State Trail<\/a> is an 80 mile multi-use, natural and gravel surfaced trail that links St. Croix State Park with Chengwatana, St. Croix, and Nemadji state forests. \u00a0It is mostly level, but none of it is paved.
\n<\/a><\/em>Willard Munger State Trail<\/a> is an 86 mile collection of mostly paved trails, many former railroad beds. \u00a0Map<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0There are two segments:\u00a0Hinckley – Duluth segment and the Alex Laveau Memorial Trail.
\n<\/a><\/strong><\/em>Root River State Trail<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>is a paved 42 mile rail\/trail between the towns of Fountain and Rushford. \u00a0The trail is ”\u00a0generally level and wheelchair accessible. \u00a0However, the eastern segment between Vinegar Ridge and Houston is more challenging than the western segment with a rather steep, half-mile segment that may not be suitable for all users.” \u00a0Map<\/a>\u00a0 The trail provides views of the \u00a0limestone bluffs of the Root River Valley. \u00a0Wildlife is abundant.
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State Trails Douglas State Trail is a 12.5 paved rail\/trail which “crosses outstanding rural scenery, traversing some of the richest agricultural land in Minnesota.\u00a0The trail begins in northwestern Rochester, travels through the small town of Douglas …\u00a0and terminates in Pine Island.” Map\u00a0 \u00a0 “trail segment between the towns of Douglas and Pine Island will be … Continue reading State Trails<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[185],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-minnesota-state"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3564"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3578,"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3564\/revisions\/3578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}