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The Mississippi National River and Recreation Area is a 72-mile (116 km) and 54,000-acre (22,000 ha) protected corridor along the Mississippi River through Minneapolis–Saint Paul in the U.S. state of Minnesota, from the cities of Dayton and Ramsey to just downstream of Hastings.
Crosby Farm is a regional park in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, in the floodplain forests along the Mississippi River. It is named after a farmstead Thomas Crosby owned from 1858 to 1886. Crosby Farm Regional Park is maintained by the City of Saint Paul and is within the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area. [2]
Bohemian Flats is a public park in Minneapolis that is part of the Mississippi Gorge Regional Park, [18] a unit of the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board. [19] Recreational amenities at Bohemian Flats include biking path, garden, picnic areas, river cruises/private charters, and restroom facilities.
Many of these national and state parks on the Mississippi River are within a few hours' drive of Wisconsin. 9 national and state parks along the Mississippi River that showcase the natural and ...
In 1998, the United States Congress created the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area for the same corridor, bringing federal support and designation to the gorge area. [8] The land area between the two bluffs is managed as public park land by the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul.
The Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge is the longest contiguous river refuge in the continental U.S., spanning 261 river miles from Wabasha, Minnesota to Rock Island, Illinois.
National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi National River and Recreation Area (16 P, 1 F) Pages in category "Mississippi National River and Recreation Area" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total.
Both the state and historic fort structure are part of the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, a National Park Service site. As of 2005, the park hosts 400,000 visitors annually and contains the restored fort, a visitor center , 18 miles (29 km) of cross-country skiing trails, 18 miles (29 km) of hiking trails, and 5 miles (8.0 km ...