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Willard Munger State Trail offers over sixty miles of scenic trails from Hinckley to Duluth, Minnesota

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with Wayzata Lakes Realty: Eric Kodner Sells Twin Cities Homes

The Willard Munger State Trail is a network of multiple-use trails that connects Hinckley, Minnesota with Duluth, Minnesota.  Depending upon the season, the interconnected trails offer hiking, bicycling, inline skating and snowmobiling.

The 63 mile Hinckley to Duluth trail is the longest paved trail of its kind in the world.  It passes through the towns of Finlayson, Rutledge, Willow River, Sturgeon Lake, Moose Lake, Barnum, Mahtowa and Carlton.

The network of trails also connects the town of Carlton with Minnesota Highway 23, just south of Jay Cooke State Park, via the Alex Laveau Memorial Trail.  And the eighty mile Boundary segment begins at Saint Croix State Park and runs northward to the town of Holyoke, just north of the Nemadji State Forest.

The impressive fifty miles of scenic bicycling trails include a fifteen-mile segment (downhill the entire way) into Duluth.  And you can bicycle along twenty miles of remote Saint Louis River trails as well.

My favorite portion of the trail is where the Laveau Trail touches the southwest corner of Jay Cooke State Park, near Wrenshall, Minnesota.  Jay Cooke Park is one of the most unspoiled and dramatically beautiful wilderness areas in the State of Minnesota!

Bicycle rentals can be arranged through the Willard Munger Inn, in Duluth, Minnesota, by calling 218-624-4814 or 1-800-982-BIKE.

 

 

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Contact Broker Eric Kodner with Wayzata Lakes Realty about Minneapolis & Saint Paul area properties, including Lake Minnetonka, Edina and the Minneapolis City Lakes area (Lake Calhoun, Lake of the Isles, Lake Harriet). We also sell on the Saint Croix River and on Lake Superior, including Bayfield, Wisconsin and Madeline Island homes.  With sixteen years experience marketing and selling waterfront properties in Minnesota and Wisconsin, we know Lake Minnetonka and Madeline Island real estate.

Wayzata Lakes Realty LLC (Minnesota) and Madeline Island Realty LLC (Wisconsin)

Real Estate Brokerage licensed in Minnesota & Wisconsin

Phone or Text Message 612.670.2539

EMKodner@Gmail.com  or

MadelineIsland@Gmail.com

Wayzata Lakes Realty

 

 

 

 

Comments (13)

Susie Blackmon
Ocala, FL
Ocala, Horses, Western Wear, Horse Farms, Marketing

Hi Eric, sounds like you have your own Blue Ridge Parkway 'up there!' 

Jun 28, 2008 08:09 PM
Teri Eckholm
Boardman Realty - White Bear Lake, MN
REALTOR Serving Mpls/St Paul North & East Metro

Eric--Sounds like a great way to enjoy our Minnesota summers!

Jun 29, 2008 02:05 AM
Eric Kodner
Madeline Island Realty - La Pointe, WI
CRS, Madeline Island Realty, LaPointe, WI 54850 -

Susie -- I'm unfamiliar with the Blue Ridge Parkway, but I'll have to visit sometime!

Teri, it's not a long drive from the Cities either!

Jun 29, 2008 07:07 AM
Jeff Thornton
Jeff Thornton ABR CRB CRS CSP e-Pro GRI - Lansing, MI
ABR CRB CRS CSP e-Pro GRI

Eric,

can you run on the trails?  If you can are they open all year around or is it too cold or snowy there.  I assume you can because you can on the trails in here and Michigan isn't exactly tropical.  Then i've never seen so many tunnels and sky walks any place else like you do in the twin cities

Jun 29, 2008 09:32 AM
Eric Kodner
Madeline Island Realty - La Pointe, WI
CRS, Madeline Island Realty, LaPointe, WI 54850 -

Jeff, the paved Munger trail is groomed for skiing in snow season.  Much of the year, it's open to biking and I have seen people jogging on the trail.

Our skyways are a pretty sensible approach to winter cold and snow.  I'm glad we have them!

Jun 29, 2008 10:22 AM
R. B. "Bob" Mitchell - Loan Officer Raleigh/Durham
Bank of England (NMLS#418481) - Raleigh, NC
Bob Mitchell (NMLS#1046286)

Sounds awesume!  Might just be a vacation option later in the year!

 

Bob Mitchell

ValueList Real Estate Services, Inc.

Jun 30, 2008 03:04 AM
Joan Mirantz
Homequest Real Estate - Concord, NH
Realtor, GRI, CBR, SRES - Concord New Hampshire

OK Eric...with a name like that you have to tell me who is Willard Munger??

Jun 30, 2008 07:46 AM
Eric Kodner
Madeline Island Realty - La Pointe, WI
CRS, Madeline Island Realty, LaPointe, WI 54850 -

Bob, if you're heading my way, please let me know!  I'd be glad to show you around.

Jul 01, 2008 06:18 AM
Eric Kodner
Madeline Island Realty - La Pointe, WI
CRS, Madeline Island Realty, LaPointe, WI 54850 -

Joan,

Willard Munger was a member of the Minnesota State Legislature who also happened to be a passionate environmentalist.  He chaired the House Environment and Natural Resources committee in the Minnesota House for two decades.

Jul 01, 2008 06:21 AM
Lynn Johnson
Coldwell Banker Home Connection - Owatonna, MN
Owatonna, MN Real Estate

Eric - I love to bike in the summer and have always wanted to hit some of the northern trails.  Thanks for the update, because we were planning a trip to the  Brainerd are for some biking - but now we may have to re-think that.  It sounds great.

Jul 02, 2008 02:09 PM
Eric Kodner
Madeline Island Realty - La Pointe, WI
CRS, Madeline Island Realty, LaPointe, WI 54850 -

Lynn, the Munger trail is so pretty.  I know you'll enjoy it!

Jul 03, 2008 02:34 AM
Robert Vegas Bob Swetz
Las Vegas, NV

I am sorry Eric, I left a message stating that I had been on the Willard Munger Trail on one of your other blogs, my mistake.

Anyway, it is a beautiful trail

Jul 03, 2008 03:52 AM
Eric Kodner
Madeline Island Realty - La Pointe, WI
CRS, Madeline Island Realty, LaPointe, WI 54850 -

Robert, no problem!

 

Jul 04, 2008 12:21 AM