pull off their shoes and wade across the trickling river as it begins its 2,552-mile journey to the Gulf of Mexico. A selfie at the headwaters post is a must. The park's south entrance is a 22-mile ...

This Minnesota city offers the best of the state, from dozens lakes for water recreation, local museums, Indigenous art, and ...

Sep. 28—PARK RAPIDS — The Friends of Itasca State Park will host its annual meeting at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 2, at the Jacob V. Brower Visitor Center, 36750 Main Park Drive in Park Rapids.

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — This week on "Hitting The Trails" we head a ways up north to historic Itasca State Park in Park Rapids. "Itasca State Park was the second state park in the country and this area ...

ITASCA STATE PARK, Minn. - Itasca State Park is now fully open to all visitors after suffering damage from a storm July 2, according to Department of Natural Resources Parks and Trails Division ...

A key piece of groundwork starts Monday to begin connecting one of Minnesota's most-visited parks with one of its original rail trails. The first phase of establishing a connector trail of more than ...

Lake Itasca is almost as wild now as it was 193 years ago ... In 1891, the Legislature made the lake and its woods Minnesota’s first state park. Aside from a few campgrounds, log cabins and access ...

Could climate change turn Minnesota into Kansas? Lee E. Frelich, director of the University of Minnesota Center for Forest Ecology, addressed this question during his presentation on Saturday, Sept.

It still drew a crowd Saturday afternoon, even though most of its canopy blew off at the beginning of July. The red pine tree in Itasca State Park, Minn., still stands, but is missing much of its top ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- A small wildfire is burning in Itasca State Park in drought-stricken northern Minnesota. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says the fire was reported burning Tuesday ...

ITASCA STATE PARK, Minn. — A fire on the western edge of Itasca State Park in northwest Minnesota has burned about 9 acres, officials said Wednesday. The fire was reported to the Clearwater County ...