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Popular North Shore Minnesota Hiking Trails to Close This Year
Heads up to all of you fellow Minnesota hikers out there. If you were planning on hitting up a trail on the North Shore this year, you may need to change your plans. There are some hiking trails that will be closed this year which may impact some summer plans.
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Minnesota's Best Hiking Trails
There are plenty of great hiking spots all around the Land of 10,000 Lakes. Explore Minnesota has a list of the best hiking trails in the state. The top 5 include:
Mille Lacs Kathio State Park in Onamia
Mississippi Gateway Regional Park in Brooklyn Park
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Purgatory Creek Park in Eden Prairie
Whitewater State Park in Altura
and Sakatah Lake State Park in Waterville is the spot they put at number one.
Of course, Minnesota is also well-known for being home to part of the Superior Hiking Trail, which is where there will be some trail closures this year.
Minnesota North Shore Hiking Trails Closed This Year
The trails that will be closed for a portion of the year are a couple of the most popular trails for people to hike on the Superior Hiking Trail.
Why will they be closed? Because they're so popular they've gotten quite worn down over the years. So the trails are getting closed for a bit so crews can go through and make repairs.
The first closure will be the Bean and Bear Lakes Loop which will close on May 15th, according to MPR.
And the second closure will be of the Split Rock River Loop which will close on September 1st.
Hopefully this doesn't put a damper on any of your summer or fall plans! But if it does, check out these amazing state parks around the state that you can visit instead.
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