Lebanon Hills Regional Park — Attraction in Eagan

This is an AMAZING park and campground. Very friendly and helpful staff. We camped in the East Loop which has beautiful secluded sites, but still very close to the nice, clean bathrooms and a great park for the kids. The West Loop is more of the RV loops, and the North Loop is non-electric and secluded similar to the East. The campground itself is beautiful and has free wifi in the West Loop. The Lebanon Hills Visitor's Center is a 5 minute drive with an awesome beach, boat rentals (canoes, kayaks, and paddle boards), tons of hiking trails with great maps and guides along with a great place to just hang out and educational materials for the adults and kids to learn from. The campground is also awesome for families who want to get out and explore the area - it is a 2-3 min drive to the Minnesota Zoo, 15 mins from Mall of America, and very close to Target, Cub Foods, and multiple fast food and sit-down restaurants. We camped Monday through Saturday. Tuesday we hit the zoo and Visitor Center, Wednesday the beach and shopping, Thursday Nickelodeon Universe at MOA, and Friday we rented canoes, paddle boards, and then went hiking. It is one of our favorite campgrounds/parks, definitely...

Truly a hiker's paradise!

For a park this close to the Cities, it's pretty amazing just how many miles of hiking you have and also how alone you can feel at times on the trails!

My personal favorite route is to start at the far Eastern parking lot, and then go up to the Equestrian Trailhead, then begin heading west until you meet up with Southern Voyager, then follow this all the way to the Jensen Lake loop, go around the lake, and then you can either head back the same way or take Northern Voyager. It's almost exactly 7 miles to do this trail and honestly one of the best hikes I've ever been on.

Tons of white-tail deer, wild turkeys, and turtles at this park. Have also seen coyotes on rare occasion. There is a county ranger/sheriff who patrols this park on a weekly basis and he'll sometimes give a friendly warning not to go on the equestrian trails. Really wonderful park overall! You can rent equipment online or at the visitor center. About 2,000 acres and I like being able to refill water at both the visitor center area and the Jensen Lake trailhead. Also a nice beach and swimming area near the visitor center. Wish I had taken more autumn pics but have some pics from...

Lots of trail options- it's easy to hike anywhere from 2 to 10 or more miles, and you can decide as you go if you want to add on length to your hike or go back. The trails are well maintained, even, and without a lot of elevation change. This park has among the best trail markings of any park I've ever been to, similar to Afton, where every intersection is marked, contains a map with a "you are here" designator, and has signposts indicating which way to go to each intersection. It's very hard to get lost here. There's plenty of parking and clean bathrooms with running water (still open during the pandemic and they were open last winter) at all three trailheads. The boardwalk trails around Jensen Lake are one way (counter clockwise) due to covid. In the winter, bring ice trekkers, because the trails are well worn very soon after any snowfall. It's a popular place- be prepared to run into other hikers and trail runners regardless of when you come. Dogs are...