Vadnais Snail Lakes Regional Park - Sucker Lake Picnic Area — Attraction in Vadnais Heights

The park pavilion is a beautiful building overlooking the lake.

As a Parks and Recreation professional reviewing over 150 playgrounds, I was surprised to find an “Iron Mountain Forge”playground system at this park. This playground equipment is over 25-year old. In 1992, Rubbermaid acquired Iron Mountain Forge, integrating it into its Little Tikes division and leveraging its high-quality, recycled materials-based products. Iron Mountain Forge playground equipment systems are characterized by: • Interconnected platforms and decks that encourage imaginative and active play. • Customizable designs, with slides, climbers, themed elements, ADA-compliant components, and inclusive layouts  . • High-quality materials and modular assembly allowing flexibility in design and easy adaptation of play...

What a fun, funky stroll for 3 miles! Great place to picnic, great place to mushroom hunt, and wonderful place to "Noodle" (Hand fish in the bank and safely I might add) if you follow up the paved path then hang a right when you see the stream?

Lots of fish, lots of great places to picnic and enjoy the crazy wildlife milling around. Tons like TONS of deer flying all around. Crazy since I had my young dog with and they were not...

Great place for a picnic with just the family or for a large gathering. If doing a large gathering it's wise to rent the pavilion out otherwise you'll end up sharing it with others. There's a nice playground for the kids plus clean bathrooms right next to the pavilion and playground. Plenty of parking spots available and other tables around if this...