Minnesota’s state parks and recreation areas are ready to welcome visitors for a full season of winter recreation, with ...

Jan. 19 is Minnesota's first Free Park Day of 2026, with vehicle permits waived at all 73 state parks and recreation areas ...

Here are a few favorite outdoor activities to try this winter: ...

There are 73 different state parks and recreation areas scattered across Minnesota, and on April 26, it will be free to enter every single one. That day – the Saturday after Earth Day – is one of four ...

You don’t need a $5,000 vacation to feel like you escaped for winter hiking. In Northern Minnesota, particularly along... The ...

Then get outside, will ya? The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is offering encouragement by declaring Jan. 20 the first Free Park Day of 2025. As an incentive to get Minnesotans ...

NEW LONDON — Minnesota’s state parks have changed quite a bit from the days when most overnight visitors pitched a tent rather than rolled in with a camper or recreational vehicle, but some things ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is hosting First Day Hike events at 12 state parks on Thursday, Jan. 1 ...

A specialty license plate benefiting Minnesota state parks and trails will be available starting Dec. 1 at Driver and Vehicle Services offices statewide. The plates provide owners with unlimited ...

Can you hear the rushing water at Gooseberry Falls? Trumpeter swans at Lake Maria? Wind blowing through the prairie at Blue Mounds? Summer is the perfect time to explore the wealth of state parkland ...

Heavy rain and flash flooding across Minnesota have washed out state park campsites and trails, damaged bridges and roads, and altered popular attractions to a statewide scale unlike any other time in ...