Worldwide Parks and Recreation Areas with Snowshoeing

Used by Native Americans for trade, food, and water long before Europeans visited the New World, the Mississippi River and its watershed is a major contributor to the ecology, culture, politics and economy of the North American continent. To acknowledge this fact, Congress established the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area in 1988. The parks boundaries enclose about 54,000 acres and 72 miles of river. They describe a narrow corridor of land on either side of the Mississippi from Dayton and Ramsey, MN on the north boundary past Hastings, MN on the south border. Only 35 acres are owned by the Park Service. read more...

Phone: 651.293.0200   Price Range: N/A   Open Season: N/A   Camping: No  
Nearest Popular City: St. Paul   Nearest Lake/River: N/A   Park Type: N/A   Activities: Birding, Boating and Watercraft, Biking / Bicycling, Fishing, Hiking, Cross Country Skiing, Swimming, Wildlife Watching, Kayaking, Auto Touring, Nature Walks, Snowshoeing   Details Provided By: Mississippi National River & Recreation Area

This park preserves 40 miles of the middle Delaware River and almost 70,000 acres of land along the river's New Jersey and Pennsylvania shores. At the south end of the park, the river cuts eastward through the Appalachian Mountains at the scenic Delaware Water Gap. read more...

Phone: (570) 588-2451   Price Range: $1 - $10   Open Season: N/A   Camping: Yes  
Nearest Popular City: Bushkill   Nearest Lake/River: N/A   Park Type: Recreation Area   Activities: Birding, Boating and Watercraft, Fishing, Hiking, Horseback Riding, Hunting and Shooting, Backpacking, Cross Country Skiing, Swimming, Wildlife Watching, Rock Climbing, Kayaking, Auto Touring, Nature Walks, Interpretive Programs, Snowshoeing, Star Gazing   Details Provided By: Delaware Water Gap

The Illinois & Michigan Canal, completed in 1848, connected the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River watershed along a longstanding Indian portage route. The 97-mile canal extended from the Chicago River near Lake Michigan to the Illinois River at Peru, Illinois. It rapidly transformed Chicago from a small settlement to a critical transportation hub between the East and the developing Midwest. The towpath trail along the canal is a State park that runs through a rural and wooded landscape linking a number of towns laid out by the original canal commission. read more...

Phone: N/A   Price Range: N/A   Open Season: N/A   Camping: Yes  
Nearest Popular City: Lockport   Nearest Lake/River: N/A   Park Type: National Monument, National Park   Activities: Birding, Boating and Watercraft, Biking / Bicycling, Fishing, Hiking, Horseback Riding, Hunting and Shooting, Cross Country Skiing, Swimming, Wildlife Watching, Kayaking, Camping, Auto Touring, Nature Walks, Interpretive Programs, Snowshoeing, Star Gazing, Snowmobiling   Details Provided By: Illinois & Michigan Canal Corridor