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Legend Park Boundary Road Bluff Observation Point Picnic Area 95 Picnic Shelter T Vault Toilet 87 Pothole Trail Eagle Peak ...... 0.8 Flush Toilet Echo Canyon ...... 0.7 Shower Building 0.4-mile loop Horizon Rock ...... 0.5 8 Dump Station The western terminus of the 1,200- Lake O’ the Dalles ...... 1.0 mile National Scenic Trail Meadow Valley ...... 0.3 Amphitheater T and the most geologically unique Pothole ...... 0.4 Pet Picnic Area Ravine ...... 0.5 Accessible Fishing Pier trail in the park. A short hike to River Bluff ...... 0.7 scenic views of the Dalles of the St. Silverbrook ...... 1.2 Croix River gorge. Walk atop Old Skyline ...... 1.6 Skyline Nature Trail .....0.75 Man of the Dalles rock formation Summit Rock...... 0.5 past world famous potholes formed by glacial meltwaters. Gravel surfaced; stone stairs; uneven terrain; observation deck ail T Ice Age Tr R with benches. a

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Scenic Ice Age Trail; T connects Pothole Trail T to the Ice Age Center. T The trail ascends from T cool, damp creekbed up along a wooded bluff to high, dry Hori- zon Rock where prairie plants thrive. Named for its panoramic view of the river valley, Horizon Rock has a historic stone shelter from which to enjoy the view. Continue past the shelter to the Ice Age Center. Unsurfaced; stone stairs; uneven Silverbrook Trail terrain; observation 1.2-mile linear point from shelter. Wildlife viewing trail. Hike through a variety of habitats to a remote area of the park rich in local history. Meadow Valley Trail The trail follows part of the original 0.3-mile linear Lake 0’ the Dalles Trail road from St. Croix Falls to Osceo- Connects Horizon 1.0-mile loop Waterfall la. Pass by an abandoned copper Rock Trail to the Wildlife viewing trail. Circles 23- mine to the grounds of Silverbrook Beach parking area. acre Lake O’ the Dalles, connects Mansion and view 18-foot Silver- Steep, switchback the Beach, River Bottoms Picnic brook Falls. Talus Slope Trail Area and the Camp Interstate descends the bluff Shelter. Forty yards of the trail fol- Unsurfaced; accessible; observa- below Horizon Rock lows the park road where a bridge tion point and bench. Shelter to Meadow crosses Dalles Creek. Valley Trail. Here the Echo Canyon Trail Unsurfaced, stone stairs; accessi- Skyline Trail trail follows an extinct 0.7-mile loop ble fishing pier, Beach House. 1.6-mile linear riverbed of glacial Connects Summit Rock The longest trail in the park in- meltwaters now filled and Lake O’ the Dalles Eagle Peak Trail cludes Skyline Nature Trail and part with ferns, mosses and Trails. After leaving the Sum- 0.8-mile linear of the National Scenic Ice Age Trail; wildflowers. mit the trail descends into Echo A trail to the highest point in the connects the Pines Group Camp to the Ice Age Center and intersects Unsurfaced; stone Canyon, an extinct riverbed carved park overlooking the valley. Hike Ravine Trail. The trail climbs past stairs; uneven terrain. by glacial meltwaters. The steep, 120 feet in elevation from the Pines rocky talus slope of the canyon Group Camp up to Eagle Peak. rock-strewn ravines to the forested walls cools the surrounding air. The rim of the valley. Summit Rock Trail Return from the Peak to the Group trail intersects Lake O’ the Dalles 0.5-mile loop Camp or continue to the South Unsurfaced, uneven and steep Trail on the north shore. A trail to the highest point on the Campground past a 1930s CCC terrain; wooden benches. bluffs with spectacular views of Unsurfaced; stone stairs; uneven traprock quarry. the river gorge. At the intersection and steep terrain. Unsurfaced; stone stairs; uneven Skyline Nature Trail turn right through Canyon Valley to and steep terrain. 0.75-mile loop the Summit. View Old Man of the River Bluff Trail The self-guided interpretive trail Dalles rock 0.7-mile loop Ravine Trail begins at the Ice Age Center. formation located high on the The trail intersects Lake O’ the 0.5-mile linear Interpretive labels describe the bluffs upriver from the Dalles Trail on the north shore. Connects Skyline Trail to the Beach changing landscape of plant Pothole Trail observation deck. At From the lake the trail winds parking area. The trail descends communities. the intersection past the Summit between canyon and pond up to 260 feet in elevation from the rim Unsurfaced; accessible. stay left to return to the trailhead; the precipitous edge of the lower of the valley through ferns and old to the right is Echo Canyon Trail. gorge. Near its end the trail de- growth forest to a stone shelter Unsurfaced; stone and wooden scends 60 feet in elevation from built in the 1930s. stairs; uneven and steep terrain; bluff to River Bottoms Picnic Area. Unsurfaced; uneven and steep observation point. Unsurfaced; stone stairs, uneven terrain; 40 wooden steps; shelter and steep terrain. building.