Peghorn Nature Park — Attraction in Saint Cloud

Nice small Nature Center in St. Cloud. Many things to offer like a Community Garden, Old School house with furniture of the times. An old canning Factory, hiking trails, three Boardwalks and an old Pier over water of a retention pond. Many benches along the trails to sit relax and maybe see animal life like Raccoons, Rabbits, or maybe a Turtle or two. Community Building has Bathrooms, water fountain and Conservation Staff to talk to about Nature. Many donated antiques stored inside main room. Hiking trails are a bit ruff as far as could be muddy and you may have to walk on planks or tree trunks laid down to make them more passable after rain. Trails are well kept by Staff. Bring your own drinking water bottle or a re=fillable bottle to fill at the water fountain in Community Center. I enjoyed my hike around the Orange Trail. Keep enjoying the outdoors. No fee to get in, and free Parking...

Looking for a place to walk we found this park on Google Maps. We like walking two or more miles. This park has about 1.5 miles of trails and paths. A bridge is closed, benches are in disrepair and other parts of the park are in need of funding. The park is open Monday to Saturday 8AM to 6PM (closed Sunday).

It’s a hard park to review as it wasn’t what we were looking for. School groups here on education trips. I can’t say anything about that part of the Nature Park. For us it was a 3 Star Park. We got to walk and the trail was nice. The education aspect is the main purpose of the park so I thought it deserves a 4 Star rating. I’m happy we stopped here but not a park we will be back to.

While the small parking area in front is only for workers and handicap parking there is a large parking lot next door...

Peghorn Nature Park is a fun little place to visit. The main reason it comes into my smartphone GPS locator for review, however, is because it's also next to Chris Lyle Aquatic Center where I'm a member and frequent visitor, typically swimming laps a few times most weeks. Open to the public for a small admission charge and offering VERY reasonable membership rates, it's one of my favorite places to be in Saint Cloud. Covid has forced strict scheduling, distancing, masks, etc., and the shower stalls can't be used, but on the other hand, being in the pool is one of the safest places to be due to the chemical composition of the water, which kills the virus. Great way to get and stay fit without...