State Park · Minnesota, United States
Sakatah Singing Hills State Trail
Sakatah Singing Hills State Trail is a state park in Minnesota, United States.
Photo: William Wesen Appraiser via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Cropped and resized for display.
Park facts
| Park type | State Park |
|---|---|
| Location | Minnesota, United States |
| Length | 41 miles (66 km) |
| Managed by | Minnesota state park system |
Every fact above is taken from the sources listed below; anything no source states is left blank rather than guessed.
About Sakatah Singing Hills State Trail
Sakatah Singing Hills State Trail is a 41-mile-long (66 km) paved multi-use rail trail connecting Faribault and Mankato, Minnesota. It is maintained by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, which converted it from a railroad line. The name derives from the Dakota people who lived in the region; "Sakatah" translates into "singing hills". It began as a snowmobile trail and is now shared by hikers, joggers and cross-country skiers. There are sections of parallel dirt trail for horseback riders but they are not continuous. The landscape is mostly cultivated land with remnant stands of prairie and Big Woods.
Description from the park's Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), linked in the sources below.
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Where is Sakatah Singing Hills State Trail?
Sakatah Singing Hills State Trail is in Minnesota, United States.
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Minnesota_state_parks — Wikipedia list of Minnesota state parks — park name.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakatah_Singing_Hills_State_Trail — Wikipedia article — description (CC BY-SA).