Thanks All, 20 - 30 miles out is about where I wanted to be. A good ride in, spend some time visiting the city and then back for a good meal at camp and a good night's rest.
Any ideas on good bike centric places to ride? John On Aug 2, 9:02 pm, EricP <ericpl...@aol.com> wrote: > Will agree with Bill on those. Also Lake Elmo Park Reserve in > Washington County. East of St. Paul. Again, probably 30 or so miles > from downtown Minneapolis. > > Slightly further out - William O'Brien State Park. About 40 miles > from Minneapolis. Route is about half, or more on bike paths. > (Confession, it's where I've done my S24O). > > Sadly, there used to be camping right in town. But that hasn't been > the case for quite a few years. > > Eric Platt > St. Paul, MN > > On Aug 2, 12:21 pm, Bill Connell <bconn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 8:04 AM, JB <baile...@voyager.net> wrote: > > > Does anyone know of a campground in the Minneapolis area where a guy > > > could drive to and then bike into the city on a bike trail? I may be > > > visiting friends later in the year and would like to camp, but would > > > want to leave my truck at the campsite and travel by bike while there. > > > The Three Rivers parks will probably be the closest to town, though > > you'll still have a 20-30-mile ride from camp, depending on where > > you're heading in the city. The Carver Park campground is definitely > > accessible by bike path, some friends bike out there to camp last > > year.http://www.threeriversparks.org/activities/camping.aspx > > > The U of M Cyclopath project is a great way to find bike routes around > > the Twin Cities metro area (it doesn't go past the outer > > 'burbs).http://cyclopath.org/ > > > -- > > Bill Connell > > St. Paul, MN -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
