Owatonna, Minnesota Travel Information

Colleges, Cows, and Corn: Northfield to St. Peter via Faribault A 72-mile ramble through lush, rolling farmland, the historic towns of Northfield and Faribault, and remnants of the Big Woods, the dense hardwood forest that once covered large areas of southern Minn... Faribault, MN

Rice Lake State Park Campground This is another state park where the remote, walk-in campsites steal the show from the “semi-modern” arrangement developed for the park. These walk-ins are aligned along a gravel road that takes off n... Owatonna, MN

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Owatonna-Rice Lake Park Loop (Distance: 0.5 mi) Owatonna sits amid some of the most fertile farmland in Minnesota, close to an area that marked the transition zone between prairie to the west and deciduous forest to the east. The town got its name ...

Owatonna, MN - Road Biking - length:22 mi

Straight River (Distance: 0.6 mi) Flowing gently through a wooded corridor, the Straight is a good match for beginning canoeists. Outside of town, the Straight forms a shining path of quick water down a narrow corridor of woods in a ...

Owatonna, MN - Flatwater Paddling & Canoeing - length:27.2 mi

Rice Lake State Park (Distance: 7.7 mi) Whether you are a bird watcher, pioneer historian, or interested in ice age geology, you’ll find that Rice Lake has much to offer. Rice Lake has one of the most complete and richest histories of all t...

Owatonna, MN - Hiking - length:2.2 mi

Cannon River: Faribault to Northfield (Distance: 14.1 mi) The upper Cannon is an intimate, wooded stream with gentle current. It is a great route for paddlers and soon slips the trappings of town and eases down a wooded valley. Much of the greater landscap...

Faribault, MN - Flatwater Paddling & Canoeing - length:16 mi

Faribault, Northfield, and Vicinity (Distance: 14.2 mi) General Henry H. Sibley, the first governor of Minnesota, called him the most important pioneer. The Sioux respected him immensely, and his name was familiar to tribes from the Red River valley to the...

Faribault, MN - Birding - length:unknown

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Brooktree Brooktree Golf Course Municipal, 18 holes 6684 yards, par 71 1.3 miles from center of Owatonna, Minnesota

Owatonna Owatonna Country Club Private, 18 holes 6296 yards, par 71 1.9 miles from center of Owatonna, Minnesota

Havana Hills Havana Hills Golf Course Public, 9 holes 0 yards, par 0 3.2 miles from center of Owatonna, Minnesota

Hidden Creek Hidden Creek Golf Club Public, 18 holes 7002 yards, par 72 3.3 miles from center of Owatonna, Minnesota

Straight River Straight River Golf Course Public, 18 holes 3460 yards, par 59 11.7 miles from center of Owatonna, Minnesota

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