Area attractions


Casinos

Treasure Island Resort & Casino (30 miles) Welch, Minn.
St. Croix Casino (50 miles) Turtle Lake, Wis.

Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (40 miles)

Shopping

River Falls’ quaint Main Street boasts coffee shops, a café, a bakery-deli, candy shop, restaurants hardware store and several second-hand stores all within four blocks and situated next to the beautiful Kinnickinnic River.

Hudson (10 miles), along the St. Croix River hosts a historical downtown shopping district rich with restaurants and shops, and its hilltop retail area with Target, Wal-Mart, Menards, Home Depot, Fleet Farm, Chipotle, Starbucks, Buffalo Wild Wings, Culvers, Applebees and other national franchises.

Woodbury (15 miles) offers the popular Woodbury Lakes with Trader Joes, Talbots, American Eagle, Eddie Bauer, Archivers and Coldwater Creek. Nearby is Tamarack Village with Dick’s Sporting Goods, Men’s Warehouse and J.C. Penny. Nearby Oakdale hosts Best Buy, Sports Authority and others.

Mall of America (39 miles). Shopping Mecca of the northern plains, shoppers can spend 10 minutes in each store and take 86 hours to cover its 520 stores, 50 restaurants, 14 theatres, entertainment park and 4-plus miles of store fronts.

Tours & Specialty Retail

Rush River Brewery (on-line tour & bulk sales), River Falls,  CLICK HERE
Bass Lake Cheese Factory, rural Hudson (20 miles)  CLICK HERE
Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery (15 miles) CLICK HERE
Cady Cheese Factory, Inc., (22 miles)  CLICK HERE

Especially For Kids

Crystal Cave, Spring Valley (20 miles) CLICK HERE

Area Orchards

Willow River State Park (10 miles) swimming, fish sunnies and bass, hiking, nature.  CLICK HERE
Kinnickinnic State Park (9 miles) hiking, picnicking and St. Croix river watching  CLICK HERE
Perch Lake County Park (15 miles). Swimming beach, picnic grounds & kids play area in beautiful surroundings. CLICK HERE
Colville Waterpark (26 miles) Red Wing, Minn.
Tubing the Apple River (30 miles). Somerset, Wis. Contact River’s Edge, 715-247-3305. CLICK HERE
Dirt track racing at Cedar Lake Speedway, Somerset (25 miles); April 3-Oct. 3, 2009 CLICK HERE
Science Museum of Minnesota, 9:30-5 p.m. daily. Omnitheatre, live demonstrations, permanent and changing exhibits. 651-221-9444.  CLICK HERE


Nature-Watching

Prescott’s Freedom Park  CLICK HERE
Rush River delta  CLICK HERE
Trenton Bluff prairie  CLICK HERE

Biking/Running

 Wisconsin Bike Map for All of Pierce County CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD
 Red Cedar State Trail  Activity Location Map CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD
 

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