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bike trail guide CENTRAL LAKES
ChanhassenBOKOO BIKES550 Lake Drive .......................................... 952-934-6468www.bokoobikes.com
BlainePIONEER CYCLE12741 Central Avenue NE ..................... 763-755-8871www.pioneercycle.com
St. Cloud REVOLUTION CYCLE AND SKI160 29th Avenue S .................................. 320-251-2453www.revolutioncycleandski.com
Willmar RICKS CYCLING & SPORTS CENTER320 SW 3rd Street. ................................... 320-235-0202www.rickscycling.com
Duluth STEWARTS BIKES AND SPORT102 S 29th Avenue .................................. 218-724-5101 www.stewartsbikesandsports.com
MaplewoodSTRAUSS SKATES AND BICYCLES1751 Cope Avenue E ............................... 651-770-1344www.straussskatesandbicycles.com
MinneapolisTHE HUB BIKE CO-OP3020 Minnehaha Avenue ..................... 612-729-0437www.thehubbikecoop.org
Hopkins TONKA CYCLE AND SKI16 Shady Oak Road S.............................. 952-938-8336www.tonkacycleandski.com
Champlin TRAILHEAD CYCLING11350 Aquila Drive .................................. 763-712-0312www.trailheadcycling.com
Apple Valley VALLEY BIKE & SKI7707-149th Street W............................... 952-432-1666www.valleybikeandski.com
Giant is the world leader in cycling innovation, combining engineering and manufacturing expertise to create bikes that are suited to every type of rider.
Central Lakes Trail The 55-mile-long Central Lakes Trail starts in Fergus Falls and travels southeast through the communities of Dalton, Ashby, Melby, Evansville, Brandon, Garfield, Alexandria, Nelson and Osakis. Just east of Osakis, it connects to the 49-mile-long, paved Lake Wobegon Trail.
The trail, a former railroad grade, is generally flat and level. It passes through a varied landscape of woods, grasslands, lakes, wetlands and farm fields. Communities with rest stops and amenities are generally seven to ten miles apart. The Central Lakes Trail is open to non-motorized use and groomed for snowmobiling in the winter.
Along the Trail: The official Fergus Falls Trailhead is at DeLagoon Park, where you can find parking, bathroom, picnic and camping facilities about a mile south of the intersection of Minnesota Highway 210 and Pebble Lake Road.
DeLagoon Park is named for Lucy and Philip DeLagoon, who homesteaded the land in 1914. This large park offers camping, swimming and picnic facilities, and is connected to the city with bike routes that take you to Grotto Lake Park with the famous statue of Otto the Otter.
Watch for the well-known statue of Big Ole the Viking at the north end of downtown Alexandria, near the Douglas
County Historical Museum and the famous Kensington Runestone.
Other trail highlights: You will cross the Continental Divide near Fergus Falls, where water flows south into the Mississippi or north into Hudson Bay.
Keep an eye out for pink or yellow Ladys Slippers growing along the trail in early summer.
High rail beds give great views of the many lakes and wetlands along the Central Lakes Trail. Mike Juvrud photo.
Find more detail atwww.MnTrails.com
30 Summer 2015 Minnesota Trails
1505Summer.indd 30 5/5/15 1:26 PM