Woodland Trails Regional Park — Attraction in Elk River

UNPLEASANT and UNWELCOMING experience! I got referred here after a friend told me it's "fAmIlY fRienDlY and sAfE" what a joke! First of all, it took me a few hours to get here! And when i got here, all i saw was old men golfing! I expected a nice trail and beautiful trees with a great sunset! How disappointing! Second of all, when we found the road to the trail, it was dirt and gravel! Way too many potholes and cracks! Whoever paved the road needs some sense knocked into them! Anyways, i couldn't even find the trail! All i saw was private property, it's not safe at allllllll! It's secluded and scary! It's definitely a place that people get attacked! I dont think ANYBODY should go here after seeing this, i left right away! Took me another few hours to go home. DONT GO HERE! GO TO A DIFFERENT TRAIL! this is unsafe, not family friendly and a horrendous experience! Ugh! What a waste! I hope those old men lose their golf balls! I know this world is cruel but this trail is even more cruel! Also, i don't consider a hill "wHeEl cHair...

Really lovely! We visited in early Sept and stuck to the paved trails: the Prairie Loop and Poplar Loop. I find prairies to be incredibly beautiful and I enjoyed this one a lot. The Poplar Trail was shady and cool (at least on a mild day). We saw lots of dragonflies and damselflies and a few Gray Tree Frogs. There were also a lot of different fungi to observe. These two paved trails were well maintained and they had mowed back from the pavement so I would say you'd not have to worry about ticks on these paths. Mosquitoes were also not a noticeable problem. The grassy paths didn't look overgrown but I would wear long pants and wear tick repellent if I wanted to hike them. There is a small port-a-john. They meant to offer trail maps to use but they were in a container that let them get soaked with a recent rain. The two trails we were on seemed well marked but we did get turned around at one spot and had to backtrack. We would like to explore this...

A sad and very deplorable and "UNWELCOMING" trail with no directions what so ever, literally the first thing I saw were old men golfing. Constant construction to the point that no one understands where's a working path from the constant signs of "private property". The road is literally dirt with no pavement and its very crusty and uncomfortable to drive on with the nasty potholes and bumps. The nasty "roads" and almost poped my brand new tires. The bad condition of the road literally destroyed my bike straps and caused for them later on the unpleasant highway to almost go lose. Literally like a 50 min drive just to see dirt and old men golfing...... Take back...