When we don’t have the time to get to a National Park we’re trying to do a State Park. Collecting state park experiences can be a lot of fun and the Minnesota DNR put out a couple of books to document those experiences. They are for sale through their site and are called Hiking Club book and Passbook Club book. The passbook club book gives you pages to collect the rubber stamp / ink pad type of stamps with a page for each park. There is space for a picture, date, and some comments, as well.
These are cartoonified entrance pictures made into stickers by a local park enthusiast, available from Shutterfly. Take a look; they’re pretty cool.
Here are the state parks where we have completed the Hiking Club trail so far.
- Nerstrand Big Woods State Park
- Grand Portage State Park
- Fort Snelling State Park
- Big Bog State Park
- Zippel Bay State Park
- Franz Jevne State Park
- Lake Maria State Park
- Frontenac State Park
- Moose Lake State Park
- Split Rock Lighthouse State Park
- Jay Cooke State Park
- Banning State Park
- Rice Lake State Park
- Charles Lindberg State Park
- St. Croix State Park