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Located in the heart of the Twin Cities, this park offers extensive hiking, bike, snowshoe, and ski trails that link to an extensive regional trail system. Canoe, fish, or swim on Snelling Lake or hike on Pike Island where the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers meet. Interpretive exhibits at the Thomas C Savage Visitor Center provide a good ...
Activities. Take a tour of the fort and look into Minnesota's past and discover the significance of this historic place. Explore on your own and ask questions of the re-enactors. Hike down the steep path to Fort Snelling State Park while watching for resident and migratory songbirds.
This large state park opened in 1962 and helps to conserve open space and wildlife in the heavily- populated metropolitan area. The park is adjacent to the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge and seven major paved bike trails link the park with the surrounding suburbs and cities.
About. 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 Valley National Wildlife Refuge. Canoe on Gun Club Lake, play golf, swim in Snelling Lake, or hike on Pike Island where the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers converge.
Welcome to the Fort Snelling State Park virtual tour! Explore the shores of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers, take a peek inside the visitor center, marvel at the views from overlooks, and admire the stonework in the historic fort nearby, trails, swimming beach and much more.
Explore the loop around Snelling Lake (it takes about an hour) or choose from a one-, two- or three-mile loop around Pike Island with views of both the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers. Scout your route with park maps .
Fort Snelling State Park is a state park of the U.S. state of Minnesota, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers. For many centuries, the area of the modern park has been of importance to the Mdewakanton Dakota people who consider it the center of the earth.
MAP AND GUIDE: FORT SNELLING STATE PARK. 101 SNELLING LAKE ROAD ST. PAUL, MN 55111 DAKOTA, HENNEPIN AND RAMSEY COUNTIES. 612-279-3550 FORTSNELLING.STATEPARK@STATE.MN.US. VISITOR TIPS. • Stay on the trail.
Explore Fort Snelling State Park. Located in the heart of the Twin Cities, Fort Snelling State Park offers extensive hiking, bike, snowshoe, and ski trails that link to an extensive regional trail system. Canoe, fish, or swim in Snelling Lake or hike on Pike Island where the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers meet.
For hundreds of years before Europeans arrived, generations of Dakota people lived in villages along the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers that meet in Fort Snelling State Park. The river confluence was believed to be the place of origin and center of the earth by the bands of Mde-wa-kan-ton-wan Dakota, the "Dwellers by Mystic Lake."