The City of Saint Paul acquired the land in 1899 at a cost of $22,000. The park was opened to the public soon after. The park named after early set...
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The location of a bustling immigrant community up until the late 1950s, Swede Hollow Park is enjoyed by many residents looking for a green escape i...
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About Indian Mounds Regional ParkIndian Mounds Regional Park is home to six Native American burial mounds high atop 450 million-year-old limestone ...
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Located just 20 minutes from downtown St. Paul, Minn., Tamarack Nature Center is a 320-acre preserve within Bald Eagle-Otter Lakes Regional Park in...
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The award-winning Harriet Island Regional Park is one of Saint Paul's and the Twin Cities' most popular parks. Located alongside the Mississ...
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About:Realized as a potential recreational and natural green space in the early 1900s, Cherokee Regional Park has since developed into one of Saint...
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About:For over one hundred years, Como Park has played a vital role in meeting the recreational needs of residents of Saint Paul and surrounding co...
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Lake Elmo Park Reserve is 2,165 acres (3.5 square miles) with 80 percent of its acreage set aside for preservation and protection. This portion wil...
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The village of Lilydale once occupied the east bank floodplain of the Mississippi River, but this unfortunate location subjected the town to repeat...
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Highland Park was acquired by the City in 1925 largely due to the efforts of Commissioner of Parks Herman Wenzel. Undeveloped when it was purchased...
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The 5,500-acre Rice Creek Chain of Lakes Park Reserve is one of the largest in the seven-county metropolitan area and contains some of the most sig...
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Crosby Farm Regional Park is named after Thomas Crosby, an English immigrant who staked out 160 acres in the valley southwest of the present...
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Franklin Avenue Bridge (river mile 851.5) to the Ford Parkway Bridge (river mile 847.8) These are easy, popular, off-road paths on both sides of th...
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About:The park dates back to 1887, when it was selected by Horace Cleveland, a nationally known landscape architect and park planner, as one of fou...
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Located in the heart of the Twin Cities, this park offers extensive hiking, bike and ski trails that link to Minnehaha Park and the Minnesota ...
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Kordiak County Park was the first park in the Anoka County Parks System. This 29-acre park is maintained as a natural retreat for residents and vis...
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