National Trails Day Glacial Hills Hike: Exploring the NCT and Itasca State Park
Is there really a hike on National Trails Day on the longest National Scenic Trail in the second oldest State Park in the USA? The answer is yes!
Join volunteers with the Laurentian Lakes and Itasca Moraine Chapters of the North Country Trail Association on a 4.5 mile hike on the North Country National Scenic Trail as we hike into Itasca State Park. We will pass by Three Pines Pond and several other wetlands as we hike this rolling glacially formed landscape. Noted for its “knobs and kettle” topography, or rolling moraines and lakes landscape, we will enter the park at the end of the hike route. The park is home to the Headwaters of the Mississippi River and is the second oldest in the USA (Niagara Falls in NY is the oldest.) (refer to Map 14, page 116 of the “Guide to the North Country National Scenic Trail in Minnesota”).
Notes: Dress for being outdoors, including sturdy boots that can get wet/muddy, water, energy snack, sunscreen, hat, sunglasses, insect repellent- including tick gaiters and hiking/trekking poles.
Date and Time
Saturday Jun 4, 2016
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM CDT
Location
*Meet at the North Country Trail Head Parking at the South Entrance to Itasca State Park at 12:30 p.m. as we carpool to the trailhead. The route will follow the North Country Trail from the Spider Lake Road access west into Itasca State Park
Fees/Admission
This is the sixth of 12 hikes to be held as we celebrate 125 years of Minnesota State Parks and Trails and 100 years of the National Park Service. This event is sponsored by both Itasca State Park and the Itasca Moraine and Laurentian Lakes Chapters of the National North Country Trail.
Learn more about the North Country Trail in Itasca State Park and east, at the Itasca Moraine Chapter site: http://northcountrytrail.org/itm/
Learn more about the North Country Trail in Itasca State Park and west, at the Laurentian Lakes Chapter site: http://northcountrytrail.org/llc/
