Lake Maria State Park (/m??ra?.?/ m?-RY-?) is a state park of Minnesota, United States, created to provide a wilderness area within an easy drive of Minneapolis–Saint Paul. The park’s amenities are designed primarily for hikers, backpackers, and horseback riders and consequently use remains light compared to other state parks around read more

Schoolcraft State Park is a state park of Minnesota, USA, on the banks of the Mississippi River near Grand Rapids and Deer River. It was named for the explorer Henry Schoolcraft.

Blue Lake Provincial Park is a park in Kenora District, Ontario, Canada, located 10 kilometres (6 mi) northwest of the community of Vermilion Bay. It can be accessed via Ontario Highway 647.

Sakatah Lake State Park is an 842-acre (341 ha) state park of Minnesota, USA, on a natural widening of the Cannon River near the town of Waterville. The Dakota native to the area called it Sakatah which means singing hills. To honor this native heritage, some of the trails in read more

Myre-Big Island State Park is a state park of Minnesota, USA, just outside the city of Albert Lea. It has an area of 1,578 acres (6.39 km2). The park protects 8 miles (13 km) of shoreline on Albert Lea Lake. The nucleus of the park is Big Island, a 117-acre read more

Savanna Portage State Park is a state park of Minnesota, USA, established in 1961 to preserve the historic Savanna Portage, a difficult 6-mile (9.7 km) trail connecting the watersheds of the Mississippi River and Lake Superior. The park contains a drainage divide separating the West Savanna River, which drains to read more

Indian Mounds Regional Park is a public park in Saint Paul, Minnesota, featuring 6 prehistoric Native American burial mounds overlooking the Mississippi River. The oldest mounds were constructed 1,500–2,000 years ago by people of the Hopewell tradition. Later the Dakota interred their dead there as well. At least 31 more read more

Sappington Cemetery State Historic Site is a Missouri state historic site located approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) southwest of Arrow Rock in Saline County. The cemetery houses the graves of Dr. John Sappington and Missouri Governors Meredith Miles Marmaduke and Claiborne Fox Jackson.Dr. John Sappington (1776–1856) was a prominent early read more

Wild River State Park is a state park of Minnesota, United States, curving along 18 miles (29 km) of the St. Croix River. This long, narrow park is shaped somewhat like a sideways ‘S’, with development largely concentrated in the lower third. The remote upper sections flank the mouth of read more

Afton State Park is a state park of Minnesota, USA, on the St. Croix River in Washington County. Its hiking trails offer views of the river, rolling glacial moraine, and bluffland it preserves. It is a popular place for birdwatching, picnics, camping, and other typical outdoor recreational activities. To deter read more