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Download the Brochure for More Information YES You’re I want to join! Name______________________________________ Business, if applicable_________________________ Address____________________________________ City_______________________________________ State_______________________Zip_____________ Invited Phone______________________________________ E-mail______________________________________ Single Membership: $20 Family Membership: $30 Business Membership: $50 We will send annual membership renewal notices. Please tell us the best way to contact you: Mail Email Phone The Lake Wobegon Trails Association is a 501 (c) 3 charitable organization and your membership is tax deductible. Do you need a receipt? Yes No Are you interested in helping with one of our events? Yes No Are you interested in learning more about the board of the Lake Wobegon Trails Association? Yes No Mail to: Lake Wobegon Trails PO Box 426 • Albany, MN 56307 For more information email [email protected] or call 320-293-9364 Join The THANK YOU FRIENDS OF THE and welcome to the family! Trails Lake Wobegon PO Box 426 Albany, MN 56307 LAKE WOBEGON TRAIL WE'RE LUCKY A LITTLE HISTORY to have one of Minnesota’s best trail systems right in our • 1994 Albany Jaycees suggest turning backyard. The Lake Wobegon Trail’s 65 miles connect abandoned railroad grade into a ten communities and bring thousands of visitors to Join recreational trail central Minnesota each year. The Lake Wobegon Trails Association has been • 1996 Albany Jaycees raise $150,000 to enhancing and promoting the trail since 1998. We invite build first segment from Albany to Sauk you to join the Friends of the Lake Wobegon Trail. the fun! Centre • 1998 Lake Wobegon Trail Association forms Annual Memberships • 1998 Avon to Sauk Centre segment opens • 1999 First Caramel Roll Ride Individual: $20 • 2003 Albany to Holdingford segment Rewards: opens • Lake Wobegon Decal • $5 Discount for the Caramel Roll • 2003 Avon to St. Joseph segment opens and Caramel Apple Rides • 2006 Holdingford to Morrison County line • $5 Discount for Lake Wobegon t-shirts extension opens • Newsletter • 2007 Soo Line Trail connects to Lake Family: $30 Wobegon Trail Rewards: • 2008 First Lake Wobegon Trail Marathon • Lake Wobegon Decal • 2008 “Forgotten Four” segment joins Lake • $10 Discount for the Caramel Roll TRAIL FACTS Wobegon Trail to Central Lakes Trail • 65 miles long, paved and 10 feet wide and Caramel Apple Rides • 2011 First Lady Slipper Ride • $10 Discount for Lake Wobegon t-shirts • Built on decommissioned Burlington Northern • 2011 First Caramel Apple Ride • Newsletter Railroad line • 2017 LWTA installs bike repair stations at Business: $50 • Links to 55-mile Central Lakes State Trail and most trailheads Rewards: 10-mile Soo Line Trail • 2018 First leg of “Saintly Seven” segment • Lake Wobegon Decal connects Saint Joseph to Waite Park • 2 free admissions to the Caramel Roll or Caramel • Open year round Apple Ride • 2018 First Rail Trails 100 Bike Tour • 2 free Lake Wobegon T-shirts • Groomed for snowmobiles in the winter • Newsletter • No trail user fees Connection to • Crosses Stearns and Todd Counties Central Lakes Trail Osakis and connects 10 communities 127 Blanchard 10 LAKE WOBEGON Dam West Royalton • Wheelchair accessible with very REGIONAL TRAIL Bowlus 26 Union low grade variance 65 MILES PAVED Trail Soo Line County Line 71 • Part of Adventure Cycling’s Northern Tier 17 17 Holdingford Route from Anacortes, WA to Bar Harbor, ME Sauk 9 Centre 10 94 Melrose • Host to many community events: Freeport • Lake Wobegon Trail Marathon • Caramel Roll Ride Albany Avon • Lady Slipper Ride 94 Saint John’s University St. Joseph • Rail Trails 100 Bike Tour St. Cloud College of • Caramel Apple Ride St. Benedict’s Waite Park.
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