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The Paul Bunyan State Trail & Heartland State Trail include Bed & Breakfasts, Motels, Hotels, Resorts, Campgrounds, Bicycle Rentals & Shuttle.
Bemidji
Bed and Breakfast
 Hotels and Motels
 Campgrounds
Snowmobile Rentals
Attractions
Laporte  Legend
food
parking
Hackensack
Hotels and Motels
Attractions
Backus
Bed and Breakfast
Bicycle Rentals
Pine River
Bed and Breakfast
Hotels and Motels 
Campgrounds
Jenkins
Pequote Lakes
Hotels and Motels
Campgrounds
Bicycle Rentals
Snowmobile Rentals
 Nisswa
Hotels and Motels
Campgrounds
Bicycle Rentals
Snowmobile Rentals
Merrifield
Campgrounds
Bicycle Rentals

 

Brainerd
Hotels and Motels
Campgrounds
Bicycle Rentals
Bicycle Shuttle
Snowmobile Rentals
Attractions
Baxter
Hotels and Motels
Park Rapids
Bed and Breakfast
Hotels and Motels
Campgrounds
Bicycle Rentals
Attractions
Dorset
Bed and Breakfast
Nevis
Bed and Breakfast
Hotels and Motels
Campgrounds
Bicycle Rentals
Akeley
Hotels and Motels
Campgrounds
Attractions
Cass Lake
Hotels and Motels
Campgrounds
Walker
Bed and Breakfast
Hotels and Motels
Bicycle Rentals
Snowmobile Rentals
Attractions
 
 
Related Links
Paul Bunyan Trail
DNR Paul Bunyan
Paul Bunyan Trail
DNR Heartland Trail
mnbiketrails - Heartland Trail

 When completed, the Paul Bunyan State Trail will be over 100 miles long and run from
Crow Wing State Park to Lake Bemidji State Park.  The trail is generally level and is
wheelchair accessible with the exception of the 9 mile segment through the Chippewa
National Forest. This segment has many rolling hills with grades reaching 8 %. Currently,
a total of 80 miles of the trail is paved. There are 73 finished miles from Baxter to north
of Walker, and an additional 7 miles running south from Lake Bemidji State Park. The
remaining 28 mile section is undeveloped with variable surface material ranging from the
original railroad ballast to sand. 
 The trail runs through  some of Minnesota's prime
resort country. Gift stores, antique shops, restaurants, coffee shops, and bike stands are everywhere along the path. Bikes and in-line skates can be rented at most of the towns. There is also a bike-in campground just south of Pine River on  state forest land. It is accessible only from the trail and has four campsites. Each pair of sites shares a pit toilet, fire ring and picnic table.
 When the entire trail is finished, it will run through 15 towns, cross nine rivers and streams,
and run along the shorelines of 21 lakes.  When completed, the Paul Bunyan State Trail will also connect with the Blue Ox Trail forming one of the longest rail-to-trail conversions in North America, for a total distance of 210 miles.
 
Paul Bunyan Trail Information:
DNR Information Center 651/296-6157 (metro area & outside MN)
888/646-6367 (MN toll free)

Click to enlarge Heartland State Trail, Itasca State Park

 

The Heartland State Trail was one of the first rails-to-trails projects
in the country. The total length from Park Rapids to Cass Lake is 
47 miles. The trail is located entirely on a level abandoned railroad grade, except for a four mile segment north of Walker which is on sharply rolling terrain. The 27 mile segment between Park Rapids and Walker has a second grassy pathway for horseback riding and snowmobiling. This trail is very scenic as it passes through wetlands, lakes, rolling hills and forest. The forest changes from hardwoods to pines as you head north. South of Cass Lake, there is an old trestle bridge which used to turned to allow steamboats through in a bygone era.  
 
Heartland Trail Information:
DNR Info Center 651/296-6157 (metro area & outside Mn)
888/646-6367 (MN toll free)
   
   Paul Bunyan Trail
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         Jeff            Russ          Cliff
         
Twin Cities  Cedar Falls    Twin Cities
Pequot Lakes Trailhead
 
Pioneer Village in Nisswa
 
         
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              Colin            Gina     Tim
   from Woodstock Illinois
Molly Lake - 4 mi south of Nisswa
 
Family outing north of Hackensack
 
       
Heartland Trail
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3 family outing by Nevis Downtown Dorset Taken from trail between Dorset-Nevis
 
 

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