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A pleasant walk through the forest next to Lake Louise and the Upper Iowa River.


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1.3

Miles

2.0

KM

Loop

1,287' 392 m

High

1,269' 387 m

Low

24' 7 m

Up

24' 7 m

Down

1%

Avg Grade (0°)

2%

Max Grade (1°)

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Features Birding · Fall Colors · Fishing · Lake · River/Creek · Swimming · Wildflowers

Need to Know

Stop at the park office to purchase your required daily ($7/day) or annual ($35/year) vehicle permit using self registration and pick up a park map. Office is not staffed on a regular basis. The park itself is open daily from 8 AM until 10 PM. There is usually a deer hunt in the park in November - the trail is open but wearing blaze orange is advised.

Description

Going counter-clockwise from the southeast parking lot (not the one at the campground), this essentially level trail takes you through oak savanna, a mixture of grasslands and bur oaks, and scattered stands of hardwoods before turning south (near a junction with the Shooting Star State Trail) along the Upper Iowa River.

About a mile into the hike, you'll come to a junction with the trail to the campground. A short distance northwest on this trail is a stout bridge from which you can get a good view of the river and the lake.

Past the bridge, there's a bit more forest, then the trail parallels the lake shore, crosses a slough connected to the lake, and then heads back to the parking lot.

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On the trail not far from the parking lot.
Aug 28, 2022 near Grand M…, MN
Lake Louise from the trail.
Aug 28, 2022 near Grand M…, MN

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