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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.
Afton (/ ˈ æ f t ə n / AF-tən) [4] is a city in Washington County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 2,886 at the 2010 United States Census . [ 5 ] It lies on a small bay where Valley Creek empties into the St. Croix River , several miles north of its confluence with the Mississippi River .
County Road 21 is a county route in Washington County that serves the cities of Oak Park Heights, Bayport, and Afton, as well as Baytown, West Lakeland, and Denmark Townships. County Road 21 begins at MN 95 in Bayport as 56th Street North.
There are 64 state parks, nine state recreation areas, nine state waysides, and 23 state trails in the Minnesota state park system, totaling approximately 267,000 acres (1,080 km 2). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A Minnesota state park is an area of land in the U.S. state of Minnesota preserved by the state for its natural, historic, or other resources.
The man who drowned July 3 in the St. Croix River at Afton State Park was Jeremey Andrew Paulson, 27, of Minneapolis, authorities said Monday. His name had been held pending notification of relatives.
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Vail Resorts, the owner of Afton Alps, will limit daily lift-ticket sales at all of its resorts this season. The move is designed “to prioritize the mountain experience for its guests ...
Jean-Baptiste-Louis Franquelin's 1688 map recorded a "Fort St. Croix" on the upper reaches of the river. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] The name "Rivière de Sainte-Croix" was applied to the river sometime in 1688 or 1689, [ 12 ] : 28 and this more auspicious name supplanted Father Hennepin's earlier designation.