Go Get Outdoors This Fall
Grand Rapids, Minnesota is a Great River Road community where the mighty Mississippi River runs right through historic downtown. Grand Rapids is known as the outdoor mecca of the north for its surrounding 1+ million publicly accessible forest acres that has 1,140 area lakes, and 2,000 miles of trails to ATV, bike, fish, hike, horseback ride, hunt, and paddle. This fall drive the Great River Road to Grand Rapids for outdoor beauty and recreation, and stay for the cozy lodging, live entertainment, historic sites, public art, cultural experiences, and fun places to eat, drink and shop. Â
Find Cozy Lodging
You will find a welcoming small-town charm in Grand Rapids, and a wide selection of lodging options with natural views. One example of cozy fall lodging property is family-owned Loon’s Landing Resort on Jessie Lake where you can come together and relax and recreate. Enjoy the lake and trails in the fall right from the door of the cabin. You can ATAV, bike, hike, fish, and paddle right from the resort. View Lodging Options (button) with a link: www.visitgrandrapids.com/stay
Fall Colors Tour Guide
Grand Rapids is the perfect place for a road trip in the fall. The Fall Colors Tour Guide helps designated scenic routes to travel where you will experience brilliant fall colors, fun places to eat & drink, cozy places to stay, and trails and lakes to seek adventure. The three scenic byways where you will experience stunning fall leaves colors are the Avenue of the Pines Scenic Byway, Edge of the Wilderness Scenic Byway and the All-American Great River Road. Learn More (button) with link: https://visitgrandrapids.com/fall-colors-tour-guide/
Fall Outdoor Recreation
There are many outdoor recreation opportunities that you will find unique to the Grand Rapids, MN area. There are over 300 miles of designated ATV/OHV trails in the Grand Rapids area. The closest ATV/OHV trail to Grand Rapids is located 9 miles south on Hwy 169 at Smith Creek Road which is the start of the UPM Blandin ATV Trail that leads into the Rabey Line and Northwoods ATV Trail in Hill City. Another very popular ATV/OHV trail is the B&B ATV Trail that runs from Balsam to Bigfork; this is the longest consecutive trail that continues over to Talmoon, Minnesota.
For biking there is the Tioga Recreation Area, Legion Trail, and the Mesabi Trail. Tioga Recreation is a premiere multi-level 25-mile mountain bike trail, and recreation area with two lakes to paddle and fish, and hundreds of acres to hike. Legion Trail is a 7- mile trail forested area located in town on Hale Lake where you can bike and hike. The Mesabi Trail is the longest paved bike trail in Minnesota with over 150 miles that runs from the Mississippi to the Boundary Waters.
For hiking the Chippewa National Forest offers several well-maintained trails like Simpson Creek, Suomi Hills, Joyce Estates and the Lost Forty. For fishing we suggest the Bowstring Lake, Jessie Lake, Mississippi River, Moose Lake, Pokegama Lake, Sugar (aka Siseebakwet) Lake, Trout Lake in Coleraine, Lake Winnibigoshish, and Wasson Lake. For horseback riding the Cut Foot Sioux Horse Camp offers many trails and forest roads designated for horseback riding in the Chippewa National Forest. For places to hunt we suggest the UPM Blandin Forests where there is a high concentration of ruffed grouse. Paddling the Mississippi in the fall is an amazing experience and it is a vacation bucket list activity. But, with over 1,000 area lakes, all of them are beautiful to paddle on in the fall.
There are 1,140 area lakes in the Grand Rapids, Minnesota area. As the temperatures drop outside the temperatures drop on the area lakes as well. Some of the best fishing of the entire year is upon us, and several species are starting to feed on more of a regular basis. Walleyes are migrating on several of the shallower sand lakes from deep to shallow and will stay in those shoreline locations throughout the entire fall until freeze up. Another fall species that is especially attractive in the fall are crappies. They begin to migrate to deeper mud flats as the weather cools down and good electronics can help you track their movements.
Learn More (button) with link: https://visitgrandrapids.com/explore-outdoors/
Fun Things To Do
The fall is a wonderful time to be in Grand Rapids to attend a live theater performance at the Reif Center, going to the MacRostie Art Center to view and purchase beautiful works of art, enjoy new places to eat & drink and shop the boutique shops. Two suggestions we have to eat & drink at are HR Bar & Bistro located at Hotel Rapids, and the Rapids Brewing Company located downtown. Both places offer craft cocktails, seasonal menus made with fresh ingredients. Two great historic area attractions are the Judy Garland Museum and the Itasca County Historical Society Museum and Escape Room. The mighty Mississippi River runs right through downtown. For shopping, Benders, located downtown, is a locally owned store that offers clothing, home décor, gift, jewelry, shoes, and more. Learn More: (button) with link: https://visitgrandrapids.com/things-to-do/
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If you are looking for a charming town with beautiful fall leaves, cozy lodging, fun things to do, an abundance of outdoor recreation, new places to eat, drink and shop, beautiful art, historic sites and cultural experiences…drive the Great River Road to Grand Rapids, Minnesota.
Start planning your Fall Getaway to Grand Rapids now by downloading the Grand Rapids Information Guide:Â https://visitgrandrapids.com/visitor-guide/
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