The way points of this bicycle route:
START/FINISH: Ramsey County Beach
Left on Portland Ave
Continue north on Portland
Right on Short St / Hwy 7
WARNING: Railroad crossing is very rough. Watch your tires.
Left onto Manning Trail
Right onto Square Lake Trail
Passing by Norell Ave. (Side note: This route leads you onto Norell on the way back.)
Pass by Oldfield Rd.
Passing by Square Lake Park area (on your left).
At stop sign, turn left onto Paul Ave.
Enjoy the countryside.
Turn right onto Nason Hill Rd. The great decline is coming! But first you need to hike up a few small inclines.
Have fun on the decline. Doesn't take much to do 25-30 MPH, but be careful because there's a stop sign at the bottom where you MUST stop before crossing 95, which is a very busy road!
Cross 95 to take Judd Street into Marine on St. Croix.
Stop by the General Store to refuel. Then hop onto St. Croix Trail (95) and head north out of Marine on St. Croix.
Take a right onto St. Croix Trail (also called 95).
William O'Brien State Park area. A nice please to roam if you have some time.
Continue north to Scandia Trail. ALTERNATE ROUTE: In Copas, turn right onto Quinnell Ave; it will bring you up and back over to St. Croix Trail where you would take a right to continue up 95 to Scandia Trail.
Turn left onto Scandia Trail (also 97). Nice wide shoulder here but watch out for glass.
A quaint town. Turn left onto Olinda Trail (also called 3). Quarter mile down the road is a restaurant and a store/cafe. It's decent. Restrooms here, or if you continue down another quarter mile there's a park on the right that usually has porta potties available. Yeah!
Shaded reststop on your left (Old Marine Trail). Porta potties usually available too ...gotta love'm.
Olinda is a long road.
Turn right onto 170th St (also called 4). Go about a third mile and turn left onto Norell Ave.
Turn left onto Norell Ave and get ready for some more hills!
Small park. Nice place for a break (although no water). Enjoy the shade! Restrooms here (if not locked).
Left back onto Manning Trail, then Right back onto 122nd St (also 7).
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A great combination of hills and flats. Very scenic.
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