bike trail guide CENTRAL LAKES

Central Lakes Trail The 55-milelong 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

High rail beds give great views of the many lakes and wetlands along the Central
Lakes Trail. Mike Juvrud photo.

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.
Find more detail at

www.MnTrails.com

Chanhassen

Hopkins

550 Lake Drive .......................................... 952-934-6468

www.bokoobikes.com

16 Shady Oak Road S.............................. 952-938-8336

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BOKOO BIKES

TONKA CYCLE AND SKI

Blaine

Champlin

12741 Central Avenue NE ..................... 763-755-8871

www.pioneercycle.com

11350 Aquila Drive.................................. 763-712-0312

www.trailheadcycling.com

PIONEER CYCLE

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St. Cloud

Apple Valley

160 29th Avenue S .................................. 320-251-2453

www.revolutioncycleandski.com

7707-149th Street W............................... 952-432-1666

www.valleybikeandski.com

REVOLUTION CYCLE AND SKI

VALLEY BIKE & SKI

Willmar

RICKS CYCLING & SPORTS CENTER

320 SW 3rd Street. ................................... 320-235-0202
www.rickscycling.com
Duluth

STEWARTS BIKES AND SPORT

102 S 29th Avenue .................................. 218-724-5101

www.stewartsbikesandsports.com
Maplewood

STRAUSS SKATES AND BICYCLES

1751 Cope Avenue E ............................... 651-770-1344

www.straussskatesandbicycles.com
Minneapolis

THE HUB BIKE CO-OP

3020 Minnehaha Avenue ..................... 612-729-0437

www.thehubbikecoop.org

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