New Minnesota Great Outdoors Online Tool Launched!

The new MN Great Outdoors website is a joint initiative of Greater Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails Commission, MN DNR and Metropolitan Council.  After almost two years of planning and construction, the new site was launched on June 12, 2018!

https://mn.gov/greatoutdoors/

The website will make trip planning easy and provide a great way to filter a search based on location, accessibility, amenities and features.  Once a search is complete, the site provides the parks or trails that fit the parameters and users simply click through to the individual websites for more detail and planning assistance.

The site provides a comprehensive database of State Parks and Trails, Metropolitan Council Parks and Trails and all Greater Minnesota designated parks and trails, along with snowmobile and ATV trails. 

One of the primary benefits to the designated facilities in Greater Minnesota is the ability for city and county facilities with smaller marketing budgets to gain greater exposure to a much larger audience of park and trail enthusiasts.  To date the site includes 184 parks and 419 trails!  The new site is a win for all involved, and we’re excited to announce the launch at the start of the busy travel season.

left to right: John Edman, Chair and CEO, Explore Minnesota Tourism, Tom Ryan, GMRPTC Chair, Erika Rivers, Director of Minnesota State Parks and Trails, DNR, Johanna Clyborne, Commissioner, MNIT, Alicia Vin Zant, Owner, Seven Spokes Bike Shop

left to right. Tom Ryan, GMRPTC Chair, Erika Rivers, Director of Minnesota State Parks and Trails, DNR, Johanna Clyborne, Commissioner, MNIT, Alicia Vin Zant, Owner, Seven Spokes Bike Shop, John Edman, Chair and CEO, Explore Minnesota Tourism