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