Carpenter St. Croix Valley Nature Center
The 425 acre Carpenter St. Croix Valley Nature Center is at at the confluence of the St. Croix and Mississippi Rivers near Hastings. The nature center has two campuses: Minnesota Campus Trail Map Wisconsin Campus Trail Map Admission is free. Here is their website . Phone 651-437-4359 Here is a page of trail descriptions. They sound easy and Explore Minnesota describes the center as “accessible to the disabled.”
Savannah trail 1 mile paved “through several habitats including a grassland, a deciduous forest, an oak savanna, and an apple orchard. Visit the Ravine Lookout & the River Overlook.”
North Loop trail 1 mile paved circles an old plantation.
Big Bluestem Trail 1.25 miles “easy stroll” that circles a restored prairie.